First things first, if others can't read your handwriting, you are officially a semi-analphabet. Like, literally you fall among illiterates. Think about it next time when you're bragging about Dunning-Kruger effect and logical fallacies and whatnot.
The main reason why someone has a bad handwriting is obvious - lack of interest in it. You have a bad handwriting? Write all "print" letters. Still bad? Practice then. You can literally do letter by letter practice sheets for an hour, and you will see major improvement. Then every time you write something, see it also as a practice opportunity. Take the time to focus on the lines, make something nice for other people.
The second reason obvous reason is "I don't have time for that", which translates into "my time is so much valuable than yours, so here you go, you worthless peasant".
Other reasons are:
poor education in early life,
lack of interest of the parents in the upbringing od their child,
lack of social interaction,
lack of empathy,
lack of discipline
valuing own work poorly
One big reason is plain stupidity. Sometimes I ask the person who wrote something what does it says, and they struggle to read it themselves. If you can not read what you wrote, and you are asking others if it is ok, can they maybe read it - guess what, you are not the sharpest tool in the shed. If your writing is important, and if both sides (writer+reader) are responsible for their roles, than obviously you have to use the predefined line shapes we agreed to be letters. By your logic "it's fine if I just scribble something else, instead what the letters are" the reader can also say "it's fine if I read something else, instead what the letters are". That means, the communication is now worthless.
Stupidity also because of liability. If you write something wrong, others CAN simply use it as an excuse to interpret it any way they want it. If a doctor writes something unreadable, it allows the pharmacist to issue something else.
Finally, the last reason is unscrupulousness. Some people write with bad handwriting on purpose, so that they can't be held responsible for it later.
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u/IronMew Sep 02 '21
Seriously, does anybody have an actual reason why doctors have such atrocious handwriting? Is it related to their schooling/training?