Though I dutifully filled out all of the forms online ahead of time, when I arrived for a recent medical visit, the receptionist handed me a dreaded clipboard and asked me to “fill out the highlighted parts.” This caught me in a Puckish moment. I proceeded to fill out all of the parts so indicated in a quick and mostly illegible (except to me) cursive hand. The only place I reluctantly printed was where the form indicated “Print Your Full Name Here” in a Germanic and unnecessary camel-case.

I returned the form and sat, waiting for the receptionist to hesitantly tell me that they could not read what I had written and could I please print my responses. But I was called back to see the doctor before being discovered and thus quickly made my escape.