My biggest complaint about German bureaucracy (reflected indirectly in some comments here) is that there is an insistence on following the rules, even while the

My biggest complaint about German bureaucracy (reflected indirectly in some comments here) is that there is an insistence on following the rules, even while there are SO many rules and laws that officials very often give you wrong, incorrect, misleading answers. I see this over and over and over again. If you hit a bureaucratic wall in Germany you often can get over it, not by paying money like in some countries, but by paying with time from your own short life, and with your nerves trying to bend the system to your will. Is it worth it? No. Not in my opinion.