Two Weeks

It takes two weeks to get everything and anything done here in Germany. Sample this:

* Two weeks to get your work permit; after you have submitted all documents already eons back during the visa process (which itself was three months long)

* Two weeks to get a new internet connection

* Two weeks to get a phone connection

* Two weeks to get a mattress delivered even though you buy it from the store two streets away

* Two weeks to get your furniture delivered at home

* Two weeks to get a new bus pass

* Two weeks to get your ATM card and PIN

So, now when I go to get something, rather than asking how long will it take, I ask will it be done in two weeks?!

Wonder if they do the following also in two weeks:

* Do they do it for two weeks at a go?
* Do they wait for two weeks to go?
* And do they continue doing it for two weeks then?