The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Arrogance and narcissism.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2024 source ↗
Disrespect. My dad was a toolmaker and worked in a factory all his life, and he felt looked down on, and it really affected him. And so all my life I’ve loathed disrespect and valued respect.
An arbitrary contrarian.
Racism and bigotry.
Three versions of the same trait: deceit, hypocrisy, and manipulativeness.
We become fertiliser.
Children’s underwear department at Marks & Spencer, Oxford Circus. I was 16 years old, earning money in my summer holidays.
Impatience and vanity.
Spirit of adventure and kindness.
Failure, being caught out, making an idiot of myself.
I’ve had motorcycle accidents – I had one where I ended up in intensive care. But if you are on a frontline – which I have been – and people start shooting at you – which they have done – you put yourself in quite considerable danger. So: on a moving frontline in northern Afghanistan in 2001.
Nancy Pelosi, Zack Polanski, Keir Starmer, Malala Yousafzai, Bob Schieffer, Barack Obama
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