Things I don't especially like about Germany

I wrote the first 5 of these sitting in a hot, humid waiting room in the Ausländerbehörde while waiting to get a visa. I'd gotten there at like 6:35.

1. Advertising. Ads here are so skanky. Like porn. It's gross. Totally have to avert your eyes.

2. Registering with the police. so at the Goethe-Institut they do it for you. Only problem there is that you have to give them your passport for a week. A week I didn't have. So I did it the good old fashion way: the Bürgeramt. It took no less than 1 hour which is currently beating the Ausländerbehörde. Now the police know where I live. And they'll know when I move to Tübingen.

3. Getting a Visa. Why can't I just do this in San Francisco? I'd much rather wait in a room there than here. At least it'd be air conditioned. But no, they want you to apply in country. Probably so you can have this great cultural experience. Good thing I have my own wit to keep myself entertained.

Ok, what I really don't like about registering with the police and getting a visa is the signs. Ok, I hate the system. Take a number, sit in a room, and wait for it to pop up accompanied by that little chime thing.

Aufruf Raum (8:45 ish)
969 025
214 012
118 027
968 026
117 027

4. Lack of reduced fat foods. They write "nur 4% fett" on cottage cheese as if it were a good thing or some sort of improvement. I just found cottage cheese with only 0.8% fat last week. I can sometimes find 0.8% milk, but rarely. Skim, I've heard it exists but I've never seen it. As for reduced fat crackers-NO.
There's diet yogurt with like 200 calories in like 8 oz. That begs the question: How much is in the regular yogurt? Ok, maybe it's better just not to ask.

5. No good Mexican food. I might be wrong, but I think this may have to do with a lack of Mexicans.

6. No screens. For the most part, I love the design of German windows. The tilt and swing open all the way. The one problem is that there are no screens-ever. I would really like to open my windo because it's kind of stuffy but it's night and I would definitely get bugs in my room because there is no screen.