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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An inability to be authentic.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗
When they don’t tell the truth.
Comparing themselves to other people.
I dislike dawdlers. When I walk, I do so with purpose. I have no time for people shuffling along.
Self-importance.
Your lowest moment is temporary.
I’ve never really had a horrible job – I liked working at restaurants and being a nanny when I wasn’t acting.
Someone to clean my apartment.
In my 20s I was in a show called The Unauthorised Autobiography of Samantha Brown. The actor who played my dad messed up his lines and it made me laugh so hard that I ended up peeing my pants.
When I realised that I could get myself through anything that came my way.
Curious, thoughtful and kind.
Ina Garten, Ardal O'Hanlon, Richard Feynman, Mel Brooks, Vera Wang, Robert Evans
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