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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
People who punch down.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2025 source ↗
People who can’t hear other points of view. Absolute certainty always scares me a little.
People who barge into a lift instead of standing aside for anyone exiting should be dipped in kerosene and fired into the sun.
Careless cruelty.
Being judgmental – how dare they!
Oh, I have a long list. You should ask me what I like about myself—that list is much shorter.
Cooking out with my closest friends and laughing until we are crying.
Thank you notes I haven't written.
Those who are both loyal and can cook.
That I’ll become a recluse with too many dogs.
My niece, Petra Janney, who got her pilot’s license to rescue animals from rural kill shelters and have them placed with different pet adoption agencies.
Johannes Radebe, Su Pollard, Amy Poehler, Vera Wang, Tom Fletcher, Robert De Niro
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