Reading and Writing

Can you read?  No, really, it's a serious question.  If the answer is "yes," then make sure you do it. If your name is on a document here in the Trenches, then we assume you read it first. If you didn't, shame on you.  You'll still be bound.  The fact is, most people read what they sign.  They negotiate their agreements.  They understand the terms of the papers they sign.  They agree.  Then, they go home.  They have dinner and a drink.  They Think about it.  They sleep on it.  They wake up.  They gasp.  They can't believe that to which they agreed.  How could they have done that?  Oh wait, they didn't.  It must have been a mistake.  That's it; it was a scrivener's error.  Someone must have pulled a fast one.  Let's just fix it.  One problem - it wasn't an error and no one pulled a fast one.  They did agree.  In fact, they sat and read the complete agreement for over half an hour before they signed it.  That they regretted it later is simply too bad.  If you can read and understand, you read and understood.  End of Story. Here in the Trenches.