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 ↗
Guys who use the word “snot.”
When people talk over others.
When they ruin my story because they think theirs is better, so butt in before I’ve finished mine.
Incompetent leadership.
Ambulances – I live near a hospital.
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.
Being offered a lift by James Acaster.
Three degrees: I paid my kids’ uni fees.
By people smiling or shaking their heads. I’ll even take rolling their eyes.
A Pot Noodle on a cold day.
Alan Arkin, Shonda Rhimes, Douglas Booth, Mindy Kaling, Yogi Berra, Jason Derulo
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