Well, I "lost" the regular passport 2x times and then just switched to the 1 year validity passport solving the "issue" for having so many stamps in there.
I once lost one of them for real on a Sunday and had a flight the next day and the embassy staff replaced it within a hour even though the Thai staff at the gate were rude to me, the German in charge came out, handshake, apologized for the Thais rudeness and gave me the passport.
The 'private area' for German citizens is also different to the one were all the Thais wait, not crowded and with aircon.
Seems Uk and Germany embassies are different, indeed.