What a person agrees to

Ask the person out loud first, in a language they understand. Then the question reaches them on WhatsApp, on their own phone, in their own language.

The message carries the words below and two buttons. The person answers with a tap.

WhatsApp does not carry every language in a message with buttons. In those languages the person agrees with a code instead, sent back from their own phone.

Nobody can agree for somebody else. There is no box for a manager to tick instead.

This is the whole of what a person agrees to, word for word. It is the same in every business.

• English

  I agree that the business may record my voice, and that the recording is sent out of South Africa to a computer service in Europe, which turns it into writing so my manager can read it. I can withdraw this at any time.

  Answered with a tap on one of two buttons:

  I agreeNot now

• Afrikaans

  Ek stem in dat die besigheid my stem opneem, en dat die opname buite Suid-Afrika gestuur word na ’n rekenaardiens in Europa, wat dit in skrif omskakel sodat my bestuurder dit kan lees. Ek kan dit enige tyd terugtrek.

  Answered with a tap on one of two buttons:

  Ek stem inNie nou nie

• Sesotho

  Ke lumela hore khoebo e gatise lentsoe la ka, le hore lentsoe leo le romelwe ka ntle ho Afrika Borwa ho tšebeletso ea khomphutha e Europe, e le fetolelang mongolong hore mookameli oa ka a ka le bala. Nka hlokolosetsa tumello ena neng kapa neng.

  Answered with a code, because WhatsApp has no buttons in this language.

• isiZulu

  Ngiyavuma ukuthi ibhizinisi lingaqopha izwi lami, nokuthi okuqoshwe kuthunyelwe ngaphandle kweNingizimu Afrika kunsizakalo yekhompyutha eseYurophu, eliguqula libe umbhalo ukuze umphathi wami akwazi ukulifunda. Ngingahoxisa lokhu noma nini.

  Answered with a tap on one of two buttons:

  NgiyavumaHhayi manje

The answer is kept as the record: the number it came from, the words it answered, and when it arrived.

A person who does not agree is sent no work, and can agree later.

The person can withdraw at any time by telling the business. It takes effect from the next message, and what was said before is kept.