Interesting. The shapes
and sizes of different signatures of different people are different to each and
every signature. I wanted to learn my
father’s signature but that was as a kid. He had a nice signature I liked it so
much. You know for me those are not just signatures that have an importance in different
arenas or fields, areas. I understand the importance of signatures and the
values behind such things. But I like to view the ways how people, individuals,
big people pen their signatures on the papers or anywhere appropriate or applicable.
Some got shapes that catch my eyes I mean eyes of people in general. Some are
very artistic. Some never one can imitate or copy. They are original no one can
do any fraud things with copying the original signatures of the original people.
I have heard in many occasions people cheat
institutions, people, even their own ones sometimes , groups that people come
trusting them, credit societies, banks or any other commercial entities or universities
or any places that has something to do with ‘trust’ or currencies playing with other people’s signatures. I know
that some think that putting a signature on behalf of a person whom they now
for a long time or that they even trust each other is a joke or they take such
things as simple or easy things some sometimes think that one should not worry
too much about such things. Which is wrong one has to take care of their
signatures not because that others have the abilities or the capacities to
cheat over ones signatures or can play with them but because ‘your signature is
your identity’ in a way it protects or
secure you from various things.
I do not agree that
most of the people use or believe their own agendas or ways related to
signatures or using their signatures for the things needs to be done or or for
any necessary things. We can’t just use our own rules and regulations or
working settings or structures when it comes to putting our signatures on
something
For me ‘SIGNATURES’
are so special other than its lawful values or labour rules or regulations I respect
the ethical values that comes wrapped with them.
I am not a person
who understand a lot about the law side of signatures other than the knowledge I
have gained not by reading law books but by reading the practicalities of
people and listening to the oral advises given by the big seat people past and
present.
I love the
signatures that I see on some of the pages of the good books. One can analyze
this component [I like to call it this way – one of the ways, actually J’ )]called ‘ signature’ in a very many
different ways.
Some papers or
documents need ones full or complete signatures but in some of the places of
the paper or the document the authorities do not mind (or is it the rule or the
law) short signatures.
Podi keti athsanak
daana methanta they say such short signature has the power or the value of
protecting the involved parties.
The ‘original ink
tone’ of the original signatures of any or authorized personal are very important but it is not always applicable
or relevance take a rupee note or a any
other currency note for instance’ the
signatures are kind of an assurance of trueness of something the importance of having signatures one can
learn observing a rupee note. To earn or to get some rupee notes big or small
in numbers packing neatly in an envelop at the end of each month one needs how
many authorized signatures on documents and
on the document that the accounts department have kept before their seating
facilities.
What is the first
certificate a neonate get with a signature just forget the other entire
certificates they may get during pre school to all formal systems education. The
final certificate that authorities issue on behalf a person who is gone and it
issue not for the sake of the name holder but for the sake of the living
parties. To get the remaining currencies at accounts movable or immovable to be
shared equally among others or as requested by the law or the person gone for
ever.
To mark the
originality of something one need the original signatures no photocopied
certified signatures valid for anything. Date and signature generally are good
friends and generally stays on one raw. Or it is the opposite the signature is
above the date sometimes.
So this signature
is not only interesting but also relevant and important for many or most of the
things.
In your employment
contracts you may have seen the authorized signatures and even when firing it
is the same the signature comes along with the date.
All these years
and hours or days of our lives signatures have played an important role. Do you
agree with me?
Since ones birth
to death and even after or during any in between occasions the ‘signatures’ become ‘decision makers or the deciders of
people’s lives sometimes.
Some signatures
have a worldly value. Some signatures are world famous and to get ones
signature especially of a famous Star kind, top class world signature holders to get their signatures some come in
queues I have seen and observed. Such things too shows many things the validity
or the importance of the person who owns the signatures. Such most things comes under very qualitative
things of human interests and likes and dislikes of somethings, creations etc.
To get the
autograph with the signature of a world famous Cricketers like Mahela Jayawardena, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil
Gawaskar, Brian Lara, Hanze Cronje, Roshan
Mahanama, everyone like such things
especially the kids think that they are the heroes of their lives therefore it
is always needs to prove to the world as usual or like you always do yes ‘cricket’
‘the game that the true gentlemen play’. We are truly proud of our gentlemen of
cricket.
In the past one
has to put the signature on a stamp in some of the places it is still valid and
practices. But some now take the stamp fee from the service taker and ask to
sign on a blank space. May be there is lawful protection even in such
signatures but I am saying the ways of doing things now little different now
compared to past.
One thing that one
needs to remember, according to my personal view and knowledge ‘careful when
you have to put signatures on any documents
·
Read the
document many more times before you putting your signature on any of the
documents. First and foremost. Every page do not just lift one particular
corner that has the space to sign take and read the entire. Cheating or fraud
pages may come hiding among the true pages therefore one needs to give that much
of attention before signing.
·
Do not
just sign just because others are insisting you to sign
·
Check not
only the stuff written there on the document ‘make sure of the name of the institution
‘the logo etc whether it is a registered institution or an organization locally
or internationally acclaimed.
·
When you
are signing a photocopied version of a original print or a document ‘one has to
be very careful’ I guess
·
When you
have to certify some other people’s signatures to prove the originality of
documents that ones bring for instance for an interview especially when they
provide photocopies of original documents someone has to certify the trueness
of the copy they bring’ I have noticed. ‘Who
ever signs there or in the relevant section has to be very careful’ Why? Then
what are the things that one has to be careful of or take notice of? ‘check whether
the person who brings the photocopied documents are bringing the copy of a true
original version of the true certificate along with the photocopied version . Always
good to check the copied one with the original one again good to check the
authorized signatures plus the date signed.
Why
this date become so important not only in the documents shows signatures but also
in most of the exercise you do at your school of learning or even teaching. You know sometimes you get the original
signatures of a person dated lets say ’01.01.00 ‘ the person who has signed or
put the date may not a resource personal of the institution that the signature
represents anymore there are such possibilities he/she may have left the
organization already or may have retired from the institution. Let me explain
it this way, my way I noted a date above lets say that is the date that you
notice on the document that one brings there are ways that one can recognize
the name of the signature that show on the document. So imagine the name you see on the document is ‘ Vascoda
Gama’ or ‘ Sura saradiel’ do you think that it is possible for Mr. Saradiel or
Mr. Vascoda gama or Mr. Lorenzo de Almeida to sign on the document indicating the date 01.01.00’
obviously not possible. Why they have retired from the positions they hold long
ago from the Institution called ‘history’ and the zonal centres of ‘
Uthuwankanda’ for instance. For us to believe
one of the dates has to be then 01.01. 1505.
There
are ways to cross check things. So not
only the signatures but also the date is important.
·
I guess
one can even check whether it is a fraud signature or not I m not saying that
everyone should check the signatures that how some banks check the signatures
or other commercial institute does. Generally
it does not show any ‘have taken much efforts to put the signatures unless the
true signature holders physically or mentally ill or when they are not too old to
sign their signatures such signatures does not show any shaky shaky looks I mean
the appearance of the signature. Effortless looks.
I remember
once my father had to sign many more time to show the bank ( HNB- Kandy branch)
after he became so ill but he did not seemed ill for some time the bank did not
believe and asked him to sign many times to check whether the person who came
with I can’t remember exactly what it was a draft or something else or I am not
sure whether he wanted to withdrew any money from the bank. Finally he could proved them. His fingers did not worked properly the way
like before so he could not put his signature correctly.
I know that there
are many things also attached with the subject – signatures the importance of
it. what are the things that one has to think before signing even if one gets a
set of papers requesting ones signature from a particular party lets say any
involved parties the law has provided people a year ( am I noting it accurate
way) or so to go home and think before signing some of the things. Because once
one agreed to sign some particular documents that is the end of the contact of
any sort. For some things no way one can call a contract what is the correct
word then think a while. Lets take a different example take property deals, once
you decided to give away or donate something you owned to the other parampara
or your inheritances there are ways to cancel I know but there are
saradharma or the ethics related to some of the practices of any of the
societies we live how can one ask such things back after giving. Then such
things do not become or comes under ‘true giving categories’ . when we get
chances to think we should not put any limit for such our actions one needs to
think very well but after deciding it is alright to create some limitations for
ones own sake or of the signatures that one puts on any papers or documents by themselves not by others. One
should not think or take such things as barricades or obstacles for a good life
to live. Those are kind of protection given or offered for the sake or benefit
of the signature holders or the papers that you take home along with the
signatures.
Some signatures
have the power of giving life a boost or a dead end. Before or after signing one needs to learn to
respect the signatures that one puts for instance employment contract is not
just a contract it comes with a set of ‘duties’ assigned and they are responsibilities.
Every party involved needs to be looks
after and respected. The employer or the employee for issuing the contract parties
or agreeing parties there are things that both have to think not only just
before signing even very after until the contact ends. Some contacts end after
death or due to natural reasons.
So this signatures have many such qualities and demands and protections too.