The question
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Outside my very close-knit group of friends, socially I’m terrible.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗
My complete lack of organisation that affects all part of my life – my living space, my being in touch with people, everything. I am a walking shitshow.
Procrastination.
Having no patience.
Flashes of hubris.
“What is Seann Walsh and how do we make it die?” It was online, thankfully. It wasn’t in Sainsbury’s.
Finding your phone.
A house in west London.
A comedian or the guy who drives the little truck around airports that takes old ladies to their gate.
I did say sorry to my mum, for being the way I was when I was a teenager. You become a parent and go, “Oh my God, this is what they were doing.”
I got sacked from TK Maxx for falling asleep under the coats.
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