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.
Laziness and procrastination.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2010 source ↗
Punctuality (outside of work, of course).
Obsequiousness.
I very often set my heart on things – and if they don’t happen, I’m not great at dealing with disappointment.
My phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.
Their ability to open a bottle of wine.
Serially telling endless boring jokes and sexism and racism and homophobia (they often go together).
I remember thinking, when I was in my early 30s, that this is the best age to be, and I still believe your 30s are a wonderful time. But I think I am pretty happy now.
To sit by a clear river on a warm day in early July with the smell of cut grass in the air.
Sister Alice Marie Quinn, who runs St. Vincent Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles.
Zack Polanski, Laverne Cox, Gina Lollobrigida, Leona Lewis, Sarah Hadland, Guz Khan
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