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.
Cruelty. I don’t see the point.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2024 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.
Carelessness of truth and others.
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.
I am always disappointed in myself. I always feel that I haven’t achieved enough, or been as good a parent as I could be.
I cried recently, thinking about my late wife.
Losing one of my children, as there is no greater loss.
A meal alfresco with people I love.
President Zelenskyy.
My late wife – she died of cancer. We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more and that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away. I couldn’t be in that room, because I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn’t be able to take care of the kids after.
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