Sodding forms!
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Sodding forms!
Falling in the umpteenth form, I'm yet again faced by the prospect of hand writing a phrase in a gap designed to fit approximately 3 characters in 3pt font. In many such cases these forms have to be faxed. How on earth do people read them?!
And on a similar subject, why do I have to sign over and over again on the same piece of paper that I have read and understood each and every pair of words on the paper? Surely one signature at the bottom is enough!
Seriously, Mickey Mouse is going to have a lot to answer for with his signature on the less important forms.
I've nearly got the hang of writing my date of birth backwards, no forwards, no mixed up, whatever it is. Thank goodness I don't have to write the time just before midnight as 59:23 and 59 seconds.
Sorry, just needed to get that off my chest.
And on a similar subject, why do I have to sign over and over again on the same piece of paper that I have read and understood each and every pair of words on the paper? Surely one signature at the bottom is enough!
Seriously, Mickey Mouse is going to have a lot to answer for with his signature on the less important forms.
I've nearly got the hang of writing my date of birth backwards, no forwards, no mixed up, whatever it is. Thank goodness I don't have to write the time just before midnight as 59:23 and 59 seconds.
Sorry, just needed to get that off my chest.
#3
Re: Sodding forms!
Signing or initializing each page makes it difficult for bad people to slide in additional pages between the cover and your signature--pages that you might not have seen.
Have you looked for clickable PDFs? Many of the forms you can fill in using your computer if they are set up properly as PDFs. Can make it quite a bit easier.
Have you looked for clickable PDFs? Many of the forms you can fill in using your computer if they are set up properly as PDFs. Can make it quite a bit easier.
#4
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Re: Sodding forms!
lot to answer for that mouse
#5
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I'm with you, and I still can't get the hang of the date thing, and I've been here over 2 years!! I still have to stop and think, bloody annoying
#6
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It's a bit like I still look right before left when crossing the road, it's habit that is hard to break.
#8
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Try after 16yrs. When I was in hospital in UK recently, they asked me for my DoB and I kept giving them the US month first variety. "Oh you keep thinking of the American way". That and getting the light switches on and off backwards.
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Re: Sodding forms!
You need an ant with a Rotring pen to fit stuff onto those forms.
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Re: Sodding forms!
The last non-online medical questionnaire I did fill in using PDF mark-up so it wasn't actually a form filling PDF but it could mean I could go back and correct things, save it til later - and email it rather than scanning or faxing.