European bureaucracy

[krasnoludek]

I know as Americans we think we have bureaucracy bad. But it's really child's play compared to European bureaucracy. I used to think it was only Southern Europe that operated this way, with such maddening degrees of pointless precision. Our experiences in France and the stories we heard from pirate_artist in Spain made it seem like a byproduct of a culture of

Comments

[oxeador]

Very realistic. I was rooting for her! I have been in her position many times. This is not only Europe: South America is the same.

Except for anything related to immigration, visas, and similar stuff, I have always said that bureaucracy in the US was painless and efficient.

[krasnoludek]

I love the sad sap in the beginning who walks out of the bureau with such a defeated look on his face.