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Today's Quote: You Can't Read This Unless You Know the Secret Code

By Lynne DeVenny

"You can leave stuff written in shorthand on your desk at work -- anywhere -- with the assurance no one can read it." ~ Teresa Alvarez, a courtroom clerk employed by the Yuma County Superior Court in Yuma, Arizona, discusses the personal advantage of knowing shorthand.

Not only does Alvarez love her shorthand skills, but so does Phoenix paralegal Ginger Korcell, who still takes her boss's dictation by hand.

My supervising attorney has been using DragonDictate since the mid-90s so his staff does not have to take dictation, but most of his handwritten notes can be left out on his desk with the assurance that no one can decipher them - as very few people can figure out his miniscule scrawl.

When I first started working for him, I used to return all the illegible Post-it note instructions he gave me with a terse "Can't read" written on them. Since then, either he's tried to write a little more legibly - or maybe I've broken the secret code.

Source: KTAR.com

Related Posts: If You Can't Read Shorthand, Who You Gonna Call?; Got Shorthand?

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on June 10, 2010 (boomark / email).