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Fawlty · Mason Beiträge: 280

Congratulations, Andrew! Good to hear that your future is secured. A friend of mine just recently made her very own experiences with bureaucracy. She has Swiss citizenship, had been working for the Swiss embassy in Germany for years and is now about to move back to Switzerland. Of course she had to do some business with the German authorities before the move, and when she showed her passport she was suddenly told that her residence permit had expired eight years ago and she was now considered to be an illegal alien. Pointing out that embassy staff members don't need such a permit was no help at all. She was supposed to sign a couple of documents and pay a fine of 750 Euros, and her passport now includes an entry of a terminable residence permit for one year, making her look like some kind of suspect. Personal intervention by the Swiss ambassador finally made them cancel the fine. Oh well.

So, what you're trying to say is that you didn't work at all in the past few weeks? Where are all the new towers you built in that time?!?