Ah, and BTW: All the problems with losing the one job, having no unemployment benefits, welfare benefits, housing benefits, and a pending cataract surgery to deal with have been sorted out in time. Took me a lot of bureaucratic surfing to align and sequence all necessary steps and obligations for the employment office, the social welfare office, the housing benefit authority, my health insurance, the medical examinations prior to the surgery in the hospital, but after a lot of criss-crossing the authorities' offices, the doctor's offices, and the scanning of pay slips, bank statements, rent certificates, medical examination results, etc. etc., I'm almost done. Financial support is secured, medical sick leave approved, and only two visits at two offices left to having completed all and everything. Thus the rent is secured and the living conditions are stabilzed. Never had so many different demands to coordinate at the same time. Quite an experience. And I hope that after I'm fully convalesced I can get a new job quickly.