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.
Mistaking shyness for not having anything to say.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗
Ungratefulness.
Superiority. I shrink when I’m around people who act superior, whether it’s due to authority or intellect. I almost become mute.
Taking fucking forever. Can’t you see I’m waiting?
Picking their nose and eating it.
My failed driving test a few months ago. I got three majors and by the end of it the examiner couldn’t wait to get out of the car.
Last year, during four days in January, when I directed Rhoda, my second short film, in a tiny house in Camberwell with Juliet Stevenson and Emma D’Arcy.
Not getting to the point.
A receding hairline.
I woke up this morning thinking maybe I don’t want to be an actor any more, then I had breakfast and I thought: actually, no, I really like being an actor.
Ponderous, over thinking.
Erin O'Connor, Anthony Hopkins, Rose Tremain, Meghan Trainor, Fran Healy, Chris Rock
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