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.
Not being able to laugh at themselves.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗
People who do not love. If you are not loving, you are not living. Why wouldn’t you love? What’s the problem?
People who speak with heavy American accents. I can barely understand them. No, seriously, dishonesty.
People who are not self-aware.
I hate rich people that feel a need to tell you how hard they had it (“We had the smallest pool on the block”). And I hate poor people that feel a need to puff up their bios so they can better fit in with the rich—you meet a lot of Talented Mr. Ripleys in showbiz.
By people smiling or shaking their heads. I’ll even take rolling their eyes.
A Pot Noodle on a cold day.
Having conversations with young people who you remember being born.
When I hired two private detectives and got them to follow each other.
Oh, most days. I can watch a political programme and think, “That sounds a really good point.” Then someone will argue the opposite and I’ll think, “Yeah, he’s got a point as well.” I am constantly sitting on a fence.
Healthier food from motorway service stations – I am always going through them late at night and it’s all rubbish.
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