Monday, June 13, 2011

My Doctor's handwriting

I was chatting with my doc when he told me to analyze his signature. I had the time and said to myself - Why not?

When I saw that he suffered from backache, my initial bias told me not to tell him.

Later As i realized that there were a lot of other things that got clubbed together and the backache trait was prominent, I decided to tell him but I chose my words carefully. I said, “I know that you are a doctor and might have treated it by now, but your signature shows that you suffer from back ache”

He replied “Yes, doctors also die u know”

To which I smiled and justified “Ya, but I thought u must have treated it by now”

He explained that there was a small formation in his back and it would trigger due to stress only and he didn't say much and we went to the next topic

Anyway, I realized that how prejudiced I can be... not just like a graphologist but also as an human being. We assume that our docs are close to God. For some reason don’t we all assume that nothing bad can happen to them?

Why the couple DIDN'T fight

I recently met this married couple who wanted a compatibility test through graphology. When I saw the signature, the first thing that hit me was that both of them were short tempered and this trait was very very prominent, so as an opener to my analysis, I asked them "Both of you seem to be short tempered, So do you guys argue a lot? and is that the reason you want this compatibility test done?

Both of them looked at each other and said no to me.

I was baffled. I asked them if they followed the right steps to make the sample. Were they angry before they sat to write for the sample or calm and composed?

They both shook their head in unison and told me that they wrote it separately and assured me that they were calm and composed.

I rechecked - Yes, both of them were short tempered. They were married for 4 years and the honeymoon phase was definitely over. So were they really that much in love that they didn't lose it on the spouse? It seemed negative because the lady was slightly outspoken and didn't seem like the one who would repress anger and not respond.

The man told me to carry on and tell them more stuff. I moved on but the argument factor stayed with me. They were either lying to me or there was something that I was missing and that is when I saw the trait of always having the last word in the argument. I always thought that this trait meant that the person would tend to fight and argue more than normal and I just concluded in my small little head that it was not the best quality for an individual to have, but I realized that this was present in both of them and this was the quality that avoided arguments. Both of them being short tempered and impatient, didn't like to stretch arguments and just believed that what they said was right and was the last of the argument. This caused no friction. It is so fascinating, I believe I could keep working till eternity and would never cease to meet such interesting people.