The past three or four times I’ve used my credit card (in an actual, non-online store) the person behind the register has commented on how neat my signature is. And, it really is – I never figured out how to scrawl my name so that it’s completely illegible. I guess I should be paranoid, because it would probably be pretty easy to forge my signature, and now I get nervous when signing credit card slips, because I’m worried that if I just muck up the bottom loop of the “y” or something, the cashier may think it’s not me.
Doesn’t anyone else have an easily readable signature? What does it say about me? (And no, I’m not a total neat freak – just come to my house when I’m not expecting company!)
I was under the impression that a scrawl was easier to forge than a clear signature, actually.
See also: http://www.zug.com/daily/journal/archive/2002_05_05_index.html