What ever happened to penmanship?
Jun. 29th, 2007 01:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sestreeNo really this isn't a pun - why can't people write where an an average person can read it? I know they beat penmanship into our heads in school. If it couldn't be read, it couldn't be graded.
Now? I have people filling out job applications and I can't read the addresses. Looking on the Driver's License is no help because 90% of the time that address is incorrect (or they don't have a DL they have a resident alien card).
No this isn't about the Hispanics - I can at least READ their phoenetic spellings and can usually figure out where they mean (Birgena has to be the funniest though. btw that translated into Virginia). If I literally cannot read the writing HTF am I supposed to mail a check?
I know that is my biggest concern upon starting a new job - well not offending the boss by flipping him off in traffic is another concern (a story for another time folks) but making certain they know where to mail my freakin $$$$$. C'mon folks. Yes my son is one of the worst.
What is this world coming to when materialism isn't enough of a motivator to make sure it's correct and legible?
Now? I have people filling out job applications and I can't read the addresses. Looking on the Driver's License is no help because 90% of the time that address is incorrect (or they don't have a DL they have a resident alien card).
No this isn't about the Hispanics - I can at least READ their phoenetic spellings and can usually figure out where they mean (Birgena has to be the funniest though. btw that translated into Virginia). If I literally cannot read the writing HTF am I supposed to mail a check?
I know that is my biggest concern upon starting a new job - well not offending the boss by flipping him off in traffic is another concern (a story for another time folks) but making certain they know where to mail my freakin $$$$$. C'mon folks. Yes my son is one of the worst.
What is this world coming to when materialism isn't enough of a motivator to make sure it's correct and legible?
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Date: 2007-06-29 05:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-29 05:55 pm (UTC)Seriously, I'd rather read phoenetically (Bladensburg Road is another one that gets phoenetically goofy) but where I can read it than chicken scratch where I can't.
I guess that is what happened to penmanship ::sigh::