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

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.

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

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

no, because bureaucrazy in Germany is rampart.

He didn't live in Germany.

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).

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

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.)

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

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