How long do you think it would take to register a new car? How much time off of work do you think you’d have to take? A couple of hours after work? If only.

A friend recently registered his new car here in Poland. He took two days off of work to do it. Two days.

Two days

He went to the office to get in line at 4:00 a.m. No, I’m not making this up — he went to stand in the line at four in the morning, and finally got into someone’s office at twelve! And here’s the kicker — when he arrived, there were already people waiting!!! Once he got into an office to see someone, it took my friend forty minutes to fill in all the paper work.

The absurdity of this is astounding.