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 can’t read my mind.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2014 source ↗
Looking down at other people. I was brought up to treat people as you treat yourself, with respect. The people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down.
Two-faced phony-baloneys.
Being untruthful.
Cruelty…no, maybe dishonesty or disingenuousness. All are equally deplorable.
Stealing from the elderly and then acting real cocky about it.
A love of laughter and a shared belief that life is a dream.
That I take this questionnaire too seriously and reveal my crimes and misdemeanors, or I treat this questionnaire too flippantly and bring shame to the House of Proust.
A good nap and a full house.
Beyoncé/Beyoncé’s hair person.
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