Michelle Collins: What trait do you most dislike in other people? — FLAPSS

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What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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

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Michelle Collins

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Bullying, flakiness, rudeness, lack of humility, being patronising and ungenerous.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

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Entitlement or a lack of manners. Though I find they often flock together.

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

Alison Steadman British actress

Lack of understanding and tolerance.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗

Trying to exercise authority over one.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗

Stephanie Beacham

People who think they’re always right.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Not getting into drama school when I was 17. In those days, the first thing people said was, “Where did you train?”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

Question What do you believe happens when we die? Death & what remains

I like to think that my friends, my auntie and my mum are up there having a big party and that I could join them.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

Working in McDonald’s when I was 16. It was about 90p an hour. Because I was always late, they made me “trash walk” the length of Kentish Town high street and pick up the McDonald’s rubbish.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

Question What thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

Worry – I am a terrible worrier.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As somebody who loved people, was always curious, a loyal friend, a mother, wife, always positive and authentic.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Being murdered – I listen to too many true-crime podcasts.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

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