- Are you a shy person? Why do you think so?
- Everyone has a neighbour, associate or colleague that gossips a little too much or is careless about the privacy of others. Tell us about one time that they have said something to or about you that has made you feel uncomfortable.
- Do you use social media like mixi, facebook, twitter, instagram or LINE? Who do you read about? What do you post? Is it interesting? Why? If you have never used social media, why do you think it is so prevalent and addictive?
- Tell us about the last time a salesperson made you feel uncomfortable. What were they selling?
- There have been many famous data leaks in Japan (and around the world). Tell us about one you remember. Did it change your impression of that company? Why?
- Some academics and journalists believe that we are living in a world that is similar to the dystopia in George Orwell's 1949 classic "1984". Every large company in the world is in a race to glean, buy or steal your personal information. What can or do you do to protect your private or personal information?
Question 1
I think I'm a shy person when I'm around strangers. It's difficult for me to approach people I don't know and start up a conversation. I had to learn how to deal with it when I used to be a sales and project management manager in my previous job. I had to meet new people all the time during business meetings and talk to them about our product. I also had to communicate with many different people when managing projects. I got better at faking it and appearing natural and comfortable, but internally, I'm sweating bullets!Question 2
I was once told that a family member was cheating on their spouse. I really wish they didn't involve me in that conversation because it had nothing to do with me and made it awkward to interact with them after.Question 3
I use facebook and generally avoid other social media. I don't like sharing too much about myself to people I'm not close to. I like to read about what my friends are up to and also interesting articles they repost and appears on my feed. I mostly post about my travels and food, but I seldom do this anymore. I used to post them to show off to family and friends, but now I just post pictures to document my life. I treat facebook like a digital photo album, curating my entire life, I don't care who sees my posts anymore.Question 4
I always hate it when sales people come up and approach me to sell something, even if it's just to give me a flyer. If I'm interested, I'll get it myself, but please don't force me to waste paper by just handing me a flyer to something I'm not interested in like getting a new mobile plan. Salespeople in the Philippines are very aggressive, I especially hate it when a male salesperson comes up to me and tries to sell me something by complementing my appearance or something so that I buy their product. It makes me so uneasy.Question 5
There have been data leaks on Yahoo, which I have an email account in. I don't really care too much since I don't keep anything too important there and I just changed my password.Question 6
I don't really care too much as long as it's nothing that's going to cost me to lose money or my belongings. I've kinda accepted that putting anything online makes it available for anyone else to see whether it's the site owners themselves or the public. Which is why I don't use too many social media accounts. In the end it's up to you what you put out there. If we accept that anything put online is public (no matter how protected they say your data is) we'll be able to properly protect ourselves.Tough Vocabulary
| - English - | - Japanese - |
|---|---|
| sweating bullets = very nervous | |
| internally = mentally/emotionally |