I’m a little curious how much of that 12 days was with the understanding that something had gone wrong, but waiting for the Germans to work through the proper channels to get it fixed (as opposed to just opening the door, tearing up the form, and pretending that it never happened).
For that matter, I’m curious how much of it was playing out a bureaucratic farce from a Terry Gilliam movie:
“But you filled out the form…”
“I’m told it was the wrong form.”
“Then why did you fill it out?”
“Because I was first told it was the correct form.”
“And why would someone tell you that if it wasn’t the correct form?”
“It can’t be correct: I’m not a reguee.”
“That’s not what the form says.”
