On the other end of things you have lots of technological odds and ends in the US that are downright archaic like many of our bank systems and the fact that fax was required for many things until the last few years really.
I guess its a grass is always greener situation but I’d rather google and large tech companies get hit with a reckoning than the current state of things.
I tried to get insurance in Germany. I had to visit an agent in person. They downloaded a PDF file, printed it out, and filled it out by hand. He would then FAX it to the insurance company. Three days later, I get a four page letter from the insurance telling me to expect mail from them.
And another week or two later, they actually process the application. I whined to my friends just how stupid this process is, and they all told me that this is pretty typical and I really couldn’t expect to just apply online and have a decision the same day
On the other end of things you have lots of technological odds and ends in the US that are downright archaic like many of our bank systems and the fact that fax was required for many things until the last few years really.
I guess its a grass is always greener situation but I’d rather google and large tech companies get hit with a reckoning than the current state of things.
I tried to get insurance in Germany. I had to visit an agent in person. They downloaded a PDF file, printed it out, and filled it out by hand. He would then FAX it to the insurance company. Three days later, I get a four page letter from the insurance telling me to expect mail from them.
And another week or two later, they actually process the application. I whined to my friends just how stupid this process is, and they all told me that this is pretty typical and I really couldn’t expect to just apply online and have a decision the same day