A comical story in your " Stuff " section today " Remedial Threat
Writing " made the point : " It pays to have good penmanship ".
A thief at a convenience was nearly stymied by his own poor
handwriting. His penmanship improved and subsequent robberies were
more productive,
Would not type written threat-notes be a better strategy ? Word
processors are readily available in public libraries . And the cost of
the printout seldom more than a dime.
Seriously very few people have easy to read handwriting. Would
the editor of a newspaper like to spend his morning reading handwritten
letters arriving by snail-mail ?
How many companies have decided that it is best to replace
handwriting wherever possible with the printed word ?
For example-in case you haven't noticed most sign in books in
company lobbies are barely legible. Impatient visitors just scribble
their names or even -contemptuously- sign in as " Mickey Mouse ".
But everywhere people use cheap electronic organizers for their
personal notes.
An electronic log-in book should be cheap and simple enough to
manufacture.
Elsewhere in hospitals or nursing homes, for example, horrid
doctor's notes or nurse's notes should become a bad memory.
Handwriting should survive for the lost art of intimate personal
messages.
Can you read the writing on the wall ?
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