ewh@druky.UUCP (01/19/84)
Subject: signatures Newsgroups: misc When i used to sign lots of checks, i came to the same conclusion as DeBenedictis (did i get that right?), so i shortened my legal signature to my three initials. In the 10+ years since, i've had a few hassles with clerks and bank tellers; but in general i'm glad i shortened it. I've always won the argument in banks, but have frequently had to lecture the manager that my signature, signed any way i want to, is sort of a personalized 'X' and that they can be a witness that i'm who i say i am, just like it says on the govt. checks, if they insist. Last year's tax refunds were the latest round, and it came down to depositing them on a tentative basis, but i've never had any endorsement actually kicked back. I've told a couple of sales clerks to take their merchandise and stick it, when they presumed to tell me how to sign my own name, even though i had more than one picture id that had it signed the way i wanted to... anyhow, yes, you can do it, but be prepared to deal with rigid fools. ernie harkins