The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?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.
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I can’t bear people who lie.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2024 source ↗
Insensitivity. Indifference about what is right or wrong. Indifference about justice.
Their frankness and honesty.
Dishonesty. It destroys relationships. It’s something celebrities especially have to guard against because people are prone to tell you what they think you want to hear rather than the truth.
Lack of understanding and tolerance.
Fiercely loyal, funny, easy-going. I’m sure my daughter and stepdaughters wouldn’t agree with the last bit, but I think I am.
Years ago in a safari park in South Africa, and getting all dressed up for dinner. Walking across the lawn, I didn’t realise there was a swimming pool that hadn’t been lit and walked straight into the shallow end fully clothed. It still haunts me. I remember trying to get out as if no one would notice.
Fear of flying.
All of them. I’m not someone who can sit down and read – I wish I could.
Nothing: I live in the now.
“Your cooking sucks” – before I learned to cook in Covid.
Whoopi Goldberg, Bryn Terfel, Omid Djalili, Patti LuPone, Kellie Maloney, Richard Schiff
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