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What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
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Cruelty to animals or children.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗
Never picking up the check.
People who speak with heavy American accents. I can barely understand them. No, seriously, dishonesty.
Manipulative greed and hate.
Not being able to laugh at themselves.
I quite enjoyed all my retail jobs (I worked in H&M and Gap), but the worst times were the sale periods. The summer sales – awful.
Sensitive, kind, silly.
Probably all of them because I am not big into English literature. I read a lot of self-improvement books.
It happened when I was younger, somewhere outside London. We were on bikes, and this older girl pulled up and said something racist that I won’t repeat. I will never forget that, because it was the first time, and I was like, “Oh, I am feeling different from everyone around me right now”.
Thinking about all the children that are affected by all the wars that are going on right now.
Nothing’s guaranteed and things change in an instant, and to get used to that and stay in the moment.
Harrison Ford, John Simm, Erin O'Connor, Mariska Hargitay, Ina Garten, Alan Arkin
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