2008年7月15日火曜日

Personal Space

1. You're talking to a co-worker . How close do you stand?
I think mayby not very far, but not close enought. If you are very friendly with co-worker, you wouldn't stand to close. If you stand nearly it looks disgusting.



2. You're talking to a friend. Do you touch each other?
Yes, I do. I often touch my friend. I'm not realize touch my friend when we are talking.



3. Look at the diagram of a waiting room. Where do you sit when you enter?
I will sit on second seat from the left. Because this seat is distance from entrance.
And I would like to sit empty seat of either side.



4. You're in a crowded elevator. Where do you look?
I don't like a crowded elevator so, I don't get on the elevator. If I get on maybye I look the floor or floor number.



5. You're standing in line. How close do you stand to the person in front?
I stand in back one step of the person in front. Because I don't like break out of the line.


6. You get on the bus. There is an empty row of seats at the back, and an empty seat close by. Where do you sit?
I sit an empty seat close by. I would like to site near the exit to take off right away.


7. You're in library and there's an empty seat beside you. Do you want to stop someone sitting there ? If so, how?
I don't want to stop someone sitting beside seat. If someone intend to sit the next seat to me, I want to stop someone sitting there. If someone sit next mine, I get worried about someone and I can't concentrate on study.




8. You're going to the beach. Do you like to see lots of people or very few?
I don't like in places where many people gather. So, I want to go to very few beach. I would like to relax in the beach.


9. When you're talking to someone, do you look them in the eye?
Yes. I look their eye when to speak someone. If you don't look them in eye when you talking someone, I think that's rude.


10.You're on a train. Do you talk to the other passenger?
I don't talk to the other passenger. I think Japanese people rarely talk to other passenger on train or bus.

8 件のコメント:

milkchocolate さんのコメント...

I think Japanese don't have a lot of relation with other people.

chai さんのコメント...

I don't like crowded places either. I also prefer to see very few people at beach. Also I totally have same idea as yours about sitting the seat close by on the bus. I want to get off the bus quickly,too.

jane さんのコメント...

Thank you for a lot of comments!!
I would like to sit empty seat in waiting room too. We can see same situation in the train.Maybe Japanese is very shy.

mamanny さんのコメント...

I agree with you!
I think most Japanese do not like to contact strangers!

bits さんのコメント...

Me too!! I look up the floor number in the elevator, but I don't know why.

bob さんのコメント...

I agree with no.10.
I think Japanese people rarely talk to other passenger on train or bus.
But, sometimes,
old people try to talk to other people.

coconut さんのコメント...

I agree with you! I don't like in places where many people gather, too.

no.1-jm さんのコメント...

We tend to make a little space between other people. I can see Japanese culture by the action.