Making things difficult for ourselves

The situation at the new land registry offices in the inner Athens suburb of Galatsi in recent days is an absolute shame. It is a shambles and once again demonstrates that the Greek state has no respect whatsoever for its citizens and zero interest in dealing with their problems. 

The average wait time for submitting the required documents is more than two hours - which is an insult to everyone involved.

There are those who have to take time off work so they can visit the various private land registry offices across the country (known in Greek as "ypothikofylakeia") in order to collect the required documents before heading to the Galatsi offices and lining up in order to register their assets. Their failure to do so could result in a fine or even the loss of that property. 

Even more striking is the fact that submission of these documents (with the exception of...