The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Ignorance and unwillingness to learn.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 October 2025 source ↗
Probably the same thing.
Ungratefulness.
Too many times I had people try and make decisions for me. The assumption that I needed that was a big mistake!
People who barge into a lift instead of standing aside for anyone exiting should be dipped in kerosene and fired into the sun.
Curious, kind and frustrating – because I ask too many questions.
I think we live on in people’s memories until those memories go.
A piece of scenery fell on my head during Richard II at the Globe theatre in 2019. I was very badly hurt.
In recent times, when I was looking after my mum. She would take me on journeys in her mind and I’d travel with her wherever she went. I felt happy that I had the opportunity to have that time despite her illness.
I cry every day. Sometimes out of frustration. I do grieve my mum, so I allow the grief to sit until it’s not there any more.
I tried my best.
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