It is with a sense of profound disappointment and a touch of bewilderment that I reflect upon my experience with this esteemed German company, known for its "Parallels" software. Despite placing my order on the 22nd of December, I find myself in the rather perplexing situation of still awaiting the activation code. My attempts to reach out have been numerous, akin to diligently dispatching letters in the age of Goethe, yet, alas, they seem to have vanished into the ether, unacknowledged. It's almost as if, in a whimsical nod to tradition, I should have inscribed my request upon a stone tablet, in the hope that it might, through some arcane process, expedite the arrival of the much-anticipated code.