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===Timing=== | ===Timing=== | ||
According to the [[first law of work entropy]], it is mathematically impossible for a conference call to start on time. | According to the [[first law of work entropy]], it is mathematically impossible for a conference call to start on time. Outside the German speaking world, the probability of anyone dialling in to any conference call even a moment more before it is scheduled to begin is as close to zero a makes no difference. | ||
German speakers will happily join a conference call minutes or even hours before it is due to start purely to experience the cleansing effect (''[[früheankunftfreude]]'' of being ''der [[warteschleifenmusikopfer]]'' — the first to plunge into an icy bath — or indeed to avoid the stigma (''[[späteankunftschande]]'') of being the last invitee to join — a taboo that applies even where all attendees have dialed in before the appointed time (an eventuality which, outside German speaking world, is all but logically impossible). | |||
{{seealso}} | {{seealso}} | ||
*[[Späteankunftschande]] | *[[Späteankunftschande]] | ||
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Timing
According to the first law of work entropy, it is mathematically impossible for a conference call to start on time. Outside the German speaking world, the probability of anyone dialling in to any conference call even a moment more before it is scheduled to begin is as close to zero a makes no difference.
German speakers will happily join a conference call minutes or even hours before it is due to start purely to experience the cleansing effect (früheankunftfreude of being der warteschleifenmusikopfer — the first to plunge into an icy bath — or indeed to avoid the stigma (späteankunftschande) of being the last invitee to join — a taboo that applies even where all attendees have dialed in before the appointed time (an eventuality which, outside German speaking world, is all but logically impossible).