• InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    For a solid few years, the signature on my driver’s license did not match the signature that I use to sign things nor did it match my normal handwriting.

    This is because the small town, fascist, dick cheese of a police officer who was handling my renewal decided he didn’t like my signature. So, he told me I had to sign the thing with a legible (to him) signature. After redoing the signature multiple times and having him reject it each time, I finally signed it like I was trying out for the Olympic handwriting team. He accepted that one.

    Like what even is the point of this exercise besides just being a giant festering asshole? Fortunately the signature mismatch was never an issue because it’s such and unimportant and useless detail that almost nobody cares when they check your license.

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      7 hours ago

      Yeah that’s insane, you are legally allowed to make any mark and it’s a signature. But cops are above the law, so

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        5 hours ago

        Plus, the whole point of a signature is that it’s easily reproducible by you, but not by other people.

        Fast and fluid in a way that feels good to your hand is therefore the best signature, whereas something written slowly and precisely is easier to copy.