July 15th, 2010
Irrelevant survey
Hello I have no time to upload pictures from my camera so let this be a random post since I haven’t blogged in forever. I’m going to blog about my job soon (after I get the green light from my boss) and I can’t wait to talk about it! Our name will also be somewhat tarnished tomorrow once everyone figures out that the petrol price increase is our doing.. so I have to be quite careful about what I say online.
Anyway I have a question for everyone. This question is of utmost importance because it allows me to really see what kind of person you are/how society behaves under pressure. No lah kidding on the last part, I just want to know that is all.
So this is it: When you’re testing a pen at a bookstore, what do you usually write on the test paper?
Based on my observations at several bookstores (yeah can you imagine me going into different bookstores to look through the papers at the pen section? I really did that), I have hereby concluded that people generally scribble squiggly meaningless lines as such:
except not nearly as artistic..
After scouting around asking for opinions, most of the people I talked to said they usually write “Hello”. My brother said he draws squiggly lines because it enables him to fully test the texture and smoothness of the pen wtf
As for me, I’m always really tempted to write my name but always end up writing something like “Hello my name is oh shit can’t tell you.. hehe” or “Hello is this pen good? Hmm, need to write more” or any other equivalent lame monologues. I believe in writing more than one word cause what if you write hello only and then buy the pen thinking that it’s super amazing but it ends up breaking after that hello how wtf
Lali said she usually writes her name then realizes that mistake and ends up scribbling all over it wtf hahaha
Dom, upon being asked this question, proceeded to write MY FULL NAME in any bookstore he goes into now….. =___=
My other friends, upon being told this, have decided to go on a write-suet’s-name-in-bookstores spree so people will see my name and either think i’m a loser/vain or perform black magic on me cause know my full name already wtf. OK write my name if you must but not in red pen ah later I die wtf
Okay I digressed too much.
So question: When you’re testing a pen at a bookstore, what do you usually write?
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I usually write lame monologues too
Or just practise writing in Japanese
Meaningless scribble, short enough to not waste my time, long enough to convince me either to purchase that pen or not.
I usually write “Test” and then draw a ” =) ” ahahaahha
LOL! I write ‘我’
i normally sign my name!and scribble on it thereafter to hide who i am haha
I usually sign my name there, or write down my name (only part of my first name or just last name) so people wont be able to figure out my full name. XD
“the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”
all 26 letters in a sentence, good for testing.
For some strange reason, I always write ‘yeah’.
Draw hearts and sometimes random things like ‘Make someone smile today’
xxxxxx
my real name and never realised it wasn’t something i should be doing until reading that line about lali…shit?
but most of the time the scribble pads available will be chock full of old scribbles upon scribbles (until it looks almost solid black) so i end up first adding my own scribble to fill up tiny unfilled areas, before making littles lines or dots on my palm and decide on that.
writing your name and then oh shit and then trying to erase it – thats a winner hehehehe.
I must be the laziest peson cause I always do the snake pattern (half a squibble) to see the texture and not to waste time cause the shopkeeper or the assistant is usually checking up on me so I blame them for my lazy half-squibble.
I usually write ‘testing testing 123′, and if the space allow, I sometimes draw a house, with coconut tree. haha
I usually write “hello”, coz scribble to test a pen is such a bad idea. I used to have the tendency to buy the cheapest pens (XD) so when I scribble it doesn’t show how sucky it is until I start using it to write. @_@
Meaningless scrible. Usually vertical zig zag. Didn’t realize that people do make word/sentence when testing.
i write my name or draw hearts or flowers or portrait of doraemon WTF
I write the colour of the ink or the name of the pen! So if I’m testing out a pink pen, I write pink pink pink.. Uniball Angelic Pink.. etc..
i draw cute tortoises!
liew suet li was here wtf
i think i actually doodle… or like draw flower.. or some random quick sketch… or write my name and scratch it out haha.
the price increase is expected..one of the reason of Pemandu existence is to help gov to cut off subsidy.friends told me they increase it by 5 cent per litre so im glad it’s not RM1.50 increase.coz i read it sumwehere in may it will be RM1.50..so 5 cent is ok. If only KPDN can somewhat reduce the petrol subsidy they gv out to big big company.those big comp always manipulate their accounts showing they didnt make any profit so they can avoid tax and the most dissapointing thing is, most of the employees is foreign worker.
oh..and for me, either I just scribble lines or I draw cars.drawing the smoke is the fun part.
Many many “Mmmmm”
or “Sssss” without break in between
haha. i always write – hi, sand (my name is sandra, by the time wanted to write r, only recall cant write own name..) then cross out the word sand.. gosh, dint know most ppl here also will write their own name. ahahaha..
i doodle. draw squiggly horizontal lines across the page.
but since i saw this post last night, i wrote “sweatlee.com” across those blank test papers when buying a pen this morning.
I usually draw a tortoise.
Draw few lines …
i usually draw my signature then some squiggly lines (same concept as your bro!) there was one time though, i drew a few pages of stick man comic hahahaha too free!!!
draw a ♥
I usually sign my name *most stupid thing ever* thats why i can never lose my visa !!!
ei why u never blog abt me !!!!!!!
I usually write my name then realise that i shouldnt. so i pretend to write other alphabets after that so that it doesnt look like my name
i write chinese characters! this is through experience. some pen are smooth when u draw long lines/scribble, but useless at all when u write characters with small strokes. my handwriting is somehow italic(u know, joined together that kind) so i will never write roman characters while pen testing.
lol. Test those pens like vertical zigzag, big and small LOL.
I’ll write the price of the stationary, and then, ‘why so expensive!’
I sign my cakar ayam signature and squiggle and draw hearts and smiley faces cause thats mostly what i use colorful pens for anyway wtf
HAHHAHa guess what, I always write my first name and realize it the next moment and start cancelling it out with lots of lines so nobody would know my name. Then I’ll proceed to writing monologues too. -.-
I write a lot of hellos and testing 123s haha
I usually scribble quickly if I’m in a hurry to look at other stuff too, which I usually am. haha.
-Coco<3
Infinite loop of 8s. It tests the ball’s movements around the rotation about the vertical axis.
Also, a sufficiently long line will give you a sense of how it will feel when the pen tilts (relative to your initial position). This can be replaced by twisting the pen 90˚ and performing the initial test again.
BTW you must do it fast and slow.
Fast scribble shows how does the ink clump up at the edges of the nip; and a slow one to see how does it actually feel when you’re writing.
Yep, that’s the best way to do it.
I did that too!
Infinite loops of 8 – exactly what I did for years now
Just so u know tht it’s smooth from all angles!
i absentmindedly write my name then cancel my name out repeatedly cos i realize i shouldn’t be leaving my name for the world to see. wtf.
other times i just draw a squiggle. haha.
loops and loops and loops and more loops. then somemore loops untill i feel like buying.
it’ll be scribbles and quiggles when i am in a hurry.
my signature is the most common trademark. and sometimes lame monologues when i am bored. lol. i dont even intend to buy the pen when writing lame stuff. just passing the time until mum finishes shopping. XD
I write “FUCK” mainly.
“Hello everyone,my name is Ah Beng and i’m a penoholic. ”
am i the only one who draw a pig!
i usually write – ‘ i was here
‘
wow i do the exact same thing as you. i always write ‘hello my name is’ but stop after that not cause i don’t wanna disclose my name but because i get lazy and want to try a new pen x)
this–> =)(vertically)
hello hello hello ok bye bye
for some weird reason i write ‘Malaysia’ >_<
I am the same as Lali.
From now on I will only write your name too.
Scribble is the easiest, but perhaps we follow everyone else’s lead on this. When you see a piece of paper with scribbles, you tend to do the same.
From now onwards, when I test pens, I shall write my blog’s name. Haha, cheapskate viral marketing!
I am really tempted to write your name now when I test pens. Just so that I got your name right, it is spelled “Liew Suet Li” right? Lol!!
I usually just write “Hello” or half of my name (cause half way through writing my name, I realized I shouldn’t =P).
“OK write my name if you must but not in red pen ah later I die wtf” HAHAHAHA. You’re funny as usual. But I believe that superstition also wth.
I write things like “A beautiful person is reading this right now.”
I’m totally amazed by the number of people that said that they would begin to write “my name is….” and stop because they thought that it was not smart to disclose their names on a piece of paper in a stationery shop to people who probably will never meet them.
People, it is a stationery shop and you are not the only one on this earth with the name John for god’s sake. Stop being so kiasi. Nobody is going to hack into your bank account and steal all your money off a random name on a piece of paper and no, they will not be blackmailing you for Froot Loops either.
i will write some random guy’s name. like my current crush or something. I LOVE MITCH HEWER something like that lah anonymous confession loser or what
I do squiggly lines too like your brother lol..
And update laa, your readers are starving..^^
hahah this is funny suet! i usually write my name as well, and then scribble all over it
but now i’m just gonna write yours 
I usually sign my name because I am famous hahaha
I scribble randomly and test how the pen feels when drawing straight lines and curves.
Like ur reader lv, I write ‘Malaysia’ too, in Latin style. I thought that it’s enough to test the pen from different angle =)
I just wrote sweatlee.com on the paper while testing the pens!
what’s the knots? mathematics again? xD
I usually draw out some simple lines and that’s it – make or break my decision to buy! Or maybe some sinusoidal lines. easy to draw!
i will draw a princess crown and write my pet’s name ^^
Very awesome top 10 list. I just got spare time thus I’ve been looking for several films to enjoy. I will start watching from number 10 and finish off at number 1. Abudraham