Charles Osgood: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

The question

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Charles Osgood

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Their frankness and honesty.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 1999 source ↗

Others on this question

Trying too hard to be funny.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗

Not listening to me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗

Self-importance.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2025 source ↗

Self-importance.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 February 2024 source ↗

Drinks on the deck at sunset.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 1999 source ↗

Being found out.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 1999 source ↗

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