The question
What is the trait you most deplore in others?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.
People having really loud conversations on their phones in public places.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2023 source ↗
Trying to exercise authority over one.
Too many times I had people try and make decisions for me. The assumption that I needed that was a big mistake!
Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.
Lack of empathy.
My husband, Ludo, for not really getting why war movies are fun to watch.
A brilliant hi-tech, low weight tent.
The worms get to feast.
“We’d love you to be on the cover of our magazine and we’ll give you a makeover.”
Panic and euphoria.
I lived in Cape Town, and I was spotted on the street and signed up by a modelling agency. I did about three shoots before I realised I hate having my photograph taken and I like food.
Andrea Bocelli, Alan Dale, Niamh Cusack, Robert De Niro, David Hockney, Paula Wilcox
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