Has Your Signature Changed Over Time?

[+ Avalon]

I guess mine has. I just got a call from the bank. The guy I wrote a check to yesterday went to cash it. And the signature did not match the one on file the bank said. Just another example of my decline.

[Gvtire]

Mine has drastically over the years

[+ bashful]

Somewhat. I rarely need to sign things, other than the very few checks I write each month. When I look at the checks online, I notice I tend to just draw a line after the first few letters of the last name.

[rvwnsd]

Signatures tend to change over time. If I may ask, how long since you signed your signature card?

[+ sync]

And how, my handwriting was never good, today it scarcely deserves the name.

[+ Avalon]

Signatures tend to change over time. If I may ask, how long since you signed your signature card?

 

I opened the bank account over 30 years ago.

[+ Travis69]

I opened the bank account over 30 years ago.

Back in the day when you got a free toaster for opening an account. The good old days!!:)

[+ Avalon]

Back in the day when you got a free toaster for opening an account. The good old days!!:)

 

Nothing back then but several years ago when they opened a new branch I happened to stop by and they were having a fair and I spun the wheel and got a free plastic cup with a lid.

 

I've never even gotten a calendar.

[rvwnsd]

I opened the bank account over 30 years ago.

 

I'm surprised they checked the signature card if it was signed that long ago. You could sign a new one.

 

Nothing back then but several years ago when they opened a new branch I happened to stop by and they were having a fair and I spun the wheel and got a free plastic cup with a lid.

 

I've never even gotten a calendar.

 

Well, the various charities fill that need. I must get a dozen in the mail. Turns into recycle bin food.

[+ bashful]

I'm surprised they checked the signature card if it was signed that long ago. You could sign a new one.

 

 

 

Well, the various charities fill that need. I must get a dozen in the mail. Turns into recycle bin food.

 

I constantly get return address labels from charities, or those wanting me to buy insurance and stuff like that. I'm sure I will die, or move to a new address before I can use them all.

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

I'm now signing those darn electronic screens more often than I'm signing paper documents. My 2nd grade teacher who taught me how to write cursive would have a few things to say about how much my handwriting has deteriorated.

[+ Avalon]

I'm surprised they checked the signature card if it was signed that long ago. You could sign a new one.

 

 

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For months now I usually only write one check per month and that to my landlord for my rent.

 

The bank is very concerned about fraud.

 

Several years ago someone was using my account in another state. The bank called me immediately. It was a Saturday.

[rvwnsd]

...The bank is very concerned about fraud....

If they are THAT concerned they would update the signature card.

 

...Several years ago someone was using my account in another state. The bank called me immediately. It was a Saturday.

 

That has been the norm for years.

[OneFinger]

About 18 months ago I noticed a drastic change in my signature. My writing has gotten so bad (due to involuntary trembles in my right hand) I can't even write notes in meetings. Me or no one else can read what I've written. I use a rubber stamp for return addresses on envelopes. I use the computer to print out labels for the addressee.

 

And it's not just writing. I have to be careful what food I order in public. Soup is the worst. Unless I can stab it with a fork, it has little chance of actually reaching my mouth. Some days it's not bad but other days it is terrible. I even have trouble using the mouse to click an icon. Looking into PC alternatives - perhaps voice recognition.

[+ Avalon]

If they are THAT concerned they would update the signature card.

 

 

 

That has been the norm for years.

 

I think that they guessed my pin number. After that I had to get a new debit card and create a new password.

[Muscle Lover 2]

Completely. When I was in school, I got teased for writing "like a girl" all the time because my handwriting was so good. Now, every employee who has to read my chicken scratching complains. Sometimes I can't even read my own handwriting. My handwriting fits the new mold.

[+ Avalon]

I've joked that my penmanship is so bad I could have been a doctor. :p:p:p

 

I remember learning cursive in grade school. We had to make a perfect alphabet to hang on the wall for our parents to come and see. It took alot of work!

[Smurof]

No, and I'm still proud of it even though most others find it to be awful. Same can be said of my long, stray dark hair that grows near one of my eyes.

[+ Avalon]

Completely. When I was in school, I got teased for writing "like a girl" all the time because my handwriting was so good. Now, every employee who has to read my chicken scratching complains. Sometimes I can't even read my own handwriting. My handwriting fits the new mold.

 

I had a dear female friend who in her 70s still had beautiful cursive writing.