The twelve tasks of Asterix ...
The object of aspiration in this case was permit A38. I went to the proper authorities, entered the room to find nobody was there. Outside a passing secretary was able to tell me the two ladies that worked in this office were reknown for staying away for hours during their shift.
A couple hours later i return to finally find said two ladies. I unbosom my desire to them, to which one of them surprisingly answers, "this is no problem". So i hand in a couple of papers that are needed for my request, and she gazes at me derangedly. She said "Oh, we´re not responsible for these kind of papers. You will have to check these at another department." However, she was not able to tell me which other department this may be.
After assiduous investigation i find the right place, go upstairs, and set forth my request. Again, a vacant stare is greeting me. After some discussion she finally tosses out some paper for me to fill in, which surprises me, as i thought i had to hand in my papers to her... So I start filling in the papers, not recognizing this is referring to something totally different. Just after i finished filling in the form, she tells me she cannot proceed, as the deadline for this sheet was last week. That´s how i recognized it was the wrong form.
After explaining to her, she got even more puzzled and told me, she had nothing to do with the permit i needed, even though she knew everything about this was dealt with where i had started. There the two ladies did not want to believe me, and simply did nothing. Tomorrow i will try again...
(Boor, Thu 26 Jul 2007, 23:16, Reply)