Italian 🇮🇹 passport renewal:

* Bring own document photocopy (cannot be the passport, which is already sufficient ID 🤦)
* Bring proof of payment (first type), has to be done at a specific kind of shop
* Bring proof of payment (second type - yes, a second one!), which has to be done at a post office (only possible in person)
* Take an appointment 6 months before
* Wait for another 3 months for the passport, because "we didn't have time to make a new one yet"

Practically, a massive waste of time