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.
Self-flagellation.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗
My tendency to skip meals.
My self-criticism.
I’m slightly impatient.
My bottomless pit of need. Soft erections. It was hard to keep it to just two.
Worry about the things you can control and don’t worry about the things you can’t.
Double-glazing sales when I was about 16 – on the phone, cold calling. Horrendous.
By my friends and loved ones as someone who loved ferociously and always had their back.
Loyal, relentless, goofy.
It would be a racist comment.
Not being a scratch golfer.
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