Today I learned the difference between the Bezirksamt (Districts Office)
of Neuköln's and Friedrichshain's.
After taking a shower and doing an hour or so of work, I got out at 10
to go to Neuköln's Rathaus (City Hall).
There I saw a huge line stretching up until the end of the street.
The funny thing is, the offices weren't open yet, the line was to wait
in order to enter and get a waiting number, as ridiculous as it may sound.

After a good 1 hour wait, my turn has arrived.
I went to see a worker (later turned out to be a bitch) there,
in order to register at my new address.
She said I need a Rent Contract and some other documents as well
and suggested that I would go to some office across town to get the forms.
I told her that I asked in Friedrichshain's Rathaus if I need any forms
in order to register myself at the new address and they said no.
She stopped me in the middle and said "Then go there" (all in German of course).
I replied "But I already waited almost 2 hours here"
She grinned and answered "But we've been open only 1 hour"
as if to catch me in my own lie, however
"I was waiting here almost an hour before opened"
To which she simply answered "I don't care".
At that point I just got up and left.

I took the U-bahn straight to Friedrichshain.
I remembered they told me I can do my Unmeldung (change of address)
from any Bezirksamt.
After another hour of wait (inevitable so it seems), I got everything I needed.
No Contract, No Documents, Nothing, simply my signature and a Passport.

I asked them,
How come in Neuköln they didn't let me do that?
They didn't have an answer for that one.

These kind of things, especially with the endless pile
of bureaucracy (Schufa, proof of no debts from last landlord, proof of salary and savings)
needed just to an apartment here (I haven't mentioned the University drill yet have I?)
could really make someone pissed, not to mention unmotivated.

It really amazes me how much the German public is willing
to "bend over" and let institutions & corporations dictate its schedule.
For a simple phone number transfer, I had to go to a store of my last carrier,
fax some forms and wait 5-6 days.
In Israel the new carrier would've taken care of it.

Maybe I've just had a rough day,
but the fact is, that I'm more than a month in Berlin,
and I still don't have all those documents due to system failures (simply put).