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One, with an abnormal fear of ''[[späteankunftschande]]'' who has dialed into a [[conference call]] so early — before the moderator — as to have to listen to the [[hold music]]. One with a profound sense of ''[[früheankunftfreude]]''.
One, with an abnormal fear of ''[[späteankunftschande]]'' who has dialed into a [[conference call]] so early — before the moderator — as to have to listen to the [[hold music]]. One with a profound sense of ''[[früheankunftfreude]]''.
===In popular culture===
===In popular culture===
''Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer'', (Opus 27, No. 2) was a light-hearted opera by Brecht concerning the plight of ''Iolanthio'', a young [[Mediocre lawyer|paralegal]] at a Belgian investment manager, to dial into a [[conference call]] from a mobile phone while on holiday by the Caspian Sea. It is rarely performed in English.
''Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer'', (Opus 27, No. 2) was a light-hearted opera by Brecht concerning the attempts of ''Iolanthio'', a young [[Mediocre lawyer|paralegal]] at a Belgian investment manager, to dial into weekly all-hands [[conference call]] from a mobile phone, while on holiday by the Caspian Sea. It was not popular when it premiered, is rarely performed in German nowadays but has been adapted, in English, for pantomime.
 
 
 


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One, with an abnormal fear of späteankunftschande who has dialed into a conference call so early — before the moderator — as to have to listen to the hold music. One with a profound sense of früheankunftfreude.

In popular culture

Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer, (Opus 27, No. 2) was a light-hearted opera by Brecht concerning the attempts of Iolanthio, a young paralegal at a Belgian investment manager, to dial into weekly all-hands conference call from a mobile phone, while on holiday by the Caspian Sea. It was not popular when it premiered, is rarely performed in German nowadays but has been adapted, in English, for pantomime.

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