The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
That I don’t give myself enough credit.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 October 2025 source ↗
I get distracted by anything and everything, so all my projects finish just before the deadline. Sometimes, it’s a bit too tight.
Well, I’m always right.
Standing up while eating.
My ability to make everything about me.
If somebody doesn’t want to understand or see you that’s on them. You don’t have to carry that with you.
I cry every day. Sometimes out of frustration. I do grieve my mum, so I allow the grief to sit until it’s not there any more.
Ignorance and unwillingness to learn.
Nothing. I’m curious how things will evolve.
I tried my best.
When I was younger, I signed up to a job agency and thought I would be doing secretarial work, but they assigned me to clean toilets in a factory in Oldham.
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