Regarding the recent question about needing a certain level of appearance or credentials to go private, when I previously told a staff member that I was considering taking a break from or leaving the service, they suggested, “There’s also a private option where you can continue using the service with your profile hidden, so please consider it.”

Maezawa here. > In that case, if I say I’d like to keep it secret, will they then screen me to see whether I qualify for the secret option? If a staff member has already told you that you can keep it secret, I assume you’ve cleared the requirements. So if you say you’d like it kept secret, they’ll probably just respond, “Sure, we’ll mark it as secret.” I don’t think they would pull a bait-and-switch by saying there’s another screening process after you’ve requested confidentiality. If that happened, maybe the staff member was new? (Perhaps they got scolded by a senior colleague afterward.)

I’m Saito, a column writer♪ It means you’re an outstanding woman, even without an impressive title or credentials. There are quite a few women like that, and I even know some who’ve been scouted by new-business salons despite not having any formal title.