Carol Burnett: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

The question

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.

Carol Burnett

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Bigotry. Narcissism.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

The inability to listen. Inauthentic vocal registers. Calling anything other than food “delicious” or “yummy.”

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗

Impatience and temper. Enough already!

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2015 source ↗

Self-importance.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2025 source ↗

An inability to be authentic.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗

My tendency to worry about the future if there’s nothing you can do about it.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2020 source ↗

Being at home, watching a good movie with my husband. Dining out with good friends.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2020 source ↗

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