Request for telephone line turned down - after 28 years

The article we are commenting on here is a bit older, from last week, but it still is something worthwhile reporting since it is quite an amusing story. We all remember the times when we applied for a telephone line and it took so long to receive one. How often did we call up the respective company and complaint, that we still haven't received a line yet.

It still happens across Asia Pacific, and the newspaper sections "letters to the editor" is full of complaints. However, we haven't heard of anyone who had to wait a total of 28 years for his telephone line, only to get his request turned down? Well, it happened in Romania, and he recently received a letter from Romania's state-run Romtelecom, telling him it still has no lines available. It was difficult to get a telephone line in former socialistic Romania, but now, this period is more than 10 years behind us.

In the letter to the requester, the company also asked him, if he would like to uphold his request. We believe he did not want to, since he said that a lot of things changed in his life since his original request - he got married, had two children and have even gotten a phone line in my new home.