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▲ isoprophlex 6 days ago

And the right color pen. God forbid you fill in an official form in the wrong color pen.

▲lifestyleguru 6 days ago | parent [-]

I would think it's a joke but once literally had an office clerk in Germany scratching with fingernail my signature to check whether it's by pen and in the right color.

▲knallfrosch 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Signatures that can be erased easily aren't a great fit for a legally binding document.

For more information, you can check whether the ink complies with DIN ISO 12757-2 and/or read up on "Dokumentenechtheit" [1]

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokumentenechtheit (It hasn't been translated to other languages yet.)

▲lifestyleguru a day ago | parent [-]

Apparently my every signature ever has been ISO compliant without me even knowing about that norm.

▲petre 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

There's a reason why Kafka wrote his novels in German.

▲woodson 6 days ago | parent [-]

Because he was German Bohemian? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudeten_Germans#Austria-Hungar...)

▲_zoltan_ 6 days ago | parent [-]

no, because bureaucrazy in Germany is rampart.

▲throwawayoldie 6 days ago | parent [-]

He didn't live in Germany.

▲imp0cat 6 days ago | parent [-]

He actually lived in Berlin for a few years before he died. But you're right, he spent most of his life in Prague. However, his native language was German.

Certainly an interesting man. I highly recommend checking some of his work (ie. The Metamorphosis).

▲petre 6 days ago | parent [-]

Actually The Trial more closely resembles what the OP went through.