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.
I can always see two points of view, which makes it hard to have a row.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2026 source ↗
Stealing from the elderly and then acting real cocky about it.
My inability to say no.
Obsequiousness.
Procrastination.
For the words to fly from my fingers as just occasionally they do.
Sorry is such an underrated word – I use it liberally.
Small, determined, lucky.
My parents died within four days of each other. I was engulfed as I ran from one bedside to another.
We watch over those we love.
Did I behave in the right way?
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