Permit

Yesterday morning I went to apply for an extension of my permit, since I've now been here for 5 years. It didn't go so well. Of course I tried my best German, and I asked if I could apply for a permanent residence permit as to avoid having to keep on applying. Yes, that was possible. The guy told me just to write a note in the comments section of the application. Aaaarrrgh! My German is not good enough for writing formally, so I did it all in English. It just doesn't look very good to apply for a permanent permit in Switzerland. In English. Bet I won't get it. But they cannot refuse me a temporary permit, so I should be safe. But I have to wait something like 3 months before I know. In the meantime they took my current permit, so now I have nothing. When I asked they said I won't be needing it. So why am I then applying for a new one? If I won't need it? Swiss logic, I tell ya.