Not papers, but everything else in Germany like gyms, telcos, etc.

Gyms and telcos in the US certainly do this type of thing, though usually not with paper forms specifically. At gyms, they often won’t let you get out of the contract no matter what you say, or they’ll say you’re free and then keep on charging you for years if you don’t notice on your credit cars bill. For telcos, they’ll make you wait on the phone through hours of waiting “for the next available representative”.

Ah yes. Don't forget to fax the paper you printed. No fax? No luck..