I’m guessing because there were such few phones the whole country ran by switchboard operators. Just pick up the phone, tell them where the person is and who they are and they “dial” or connect it for you.
Or, since it was a communist country, they just had a small army of switchboard operators. Likely people who couldn't take more physically demanding jobs.
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u/waywardhero 5d ago
I’m guessing because there were such few phones the whole country ran by switchboard operators. Just pick up the phone, tell them where the person is and who they are and they “dial” or connect it for you.