When filling out a formal official document and their is a requirement to write in block capitals, make sure that.....
.... that the individual letters are curvey where their meant to be (for example;Q, P, O, C) and straight when they're meant to be (for example A, E).
Some dear friends and I run a charity outreach affair (a bit like a soup kitchen/food bank) where disadvantaged people can come and at least get a decent meal.
At midday a young lady came in a told us that she wanted to volunteer. She said she was a first year student at the local university but she actually seemed responsible and down to earth and did seem to be concerned with extenuating her individual with silly colours in her hair or any of the other fashion mistakes students seem to delight in making these days.
We are always in need of more volunteers so we were delighted. However, because many of the people who depend on us are vulnerable we have to vet potential volunteers quite thoroughly and this means they have to fill out a form with their personal details and references.
Unfortunately our delight turned to disappointment as soon as we saw this young ladies handwriting. Quite simply, if a form asks for block capitals, this means that the capital letter 'E' should not be the slightest bit curly and have a very straight spine. But this young lady wrote capital 'E' almost as curly as she wrote capital 'C'.
This is a shame because she seemed like precisely the type of volunteer that we needed but we aren't quite desperate enough yet to take someone like her on. The moral of the story here is that tardiness - even over things that might seem trivial - can curtail the options you have.
Some dear friends and I run a charity outreach affair (a bit like a soup kitchen/food bank) where disadvantaged people can come and at least get a decent meal.
At midday a young lady came in a told us that she wanted to volunteer. She said she was a first year student at the local university but she actually seemed responsible and down to earth and did seem to be concerned with extenuating her individual with silly colours in her hair or any of the other fashion mistakes students seem to delight in making these days.
We are always in need of more volunteers so we were delighted. However, because many of the people who depend on us are vulnerable we have to vet potential volunteers quite thoroughly and this means they have to fill out a form with their personal details and references.
Unfortunately our delight turned to disappointment as soon as we saw this young ladies handwriting. Quite simply, if a form asks for block capitals, this means that the capital letter 'E' should not be the slightest bit curly and have a very straight spine. But this young lady wrote capital 'E' almost as curly as she wrote capital 'C'.
This is a shame because she seemed like precisely the type of volunteer that we needed but we aren't quite desperate enough yet to take someone like her on. The moral of the story here is that tardiness - even over things that might seem trivial - can curtail the options you have.
