Whose signature is this?

[steve B]

I don't think it's always not caring.

In 5th grade I had penmanship once a week, all year.
My kids?
They did learn cursive, but only had it briefly in I think 3rd grade. So no lengthy practice making loops etc.

I know at first I had three very different signatures. One very clear "formal" one for legal documents etc.
A second less legible one for things like checks.
And a third for stuff like packages or why the heck do you even need a signature type stuff.

Over time all of them have gotten worse. Part of that is that it's sort of difficult signing on a touchscreen even with a stylus. Thankfully most point of sale things only want the Pin now.

So it's more of a general erosion of neat cursive writing as a thing in society in general.