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.
Those who create the doom.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗
Willful ignorance.
Freeloaders with a sense of entitlement.
Complacent stupidity.
Wow! Like, the way people mess up language. I mean, it makes me crazy, y’know?
I’ve got no kids, but I’d like us to leave a planet for everyone’s children.
I wanted to be in the WWF – the wrestling one, not the wildlife one.
Proportional representation.
Nothing. Tony Benn, one of my favourite politicians, said, “I don’t care where you’ve been, I care where you’re going.”
A dog bounding through the grass on a summer’s day chasing a squirrel.
I’m going to confess I haven’t finished The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg.
Rory Stewart, Jon Sopel, Clive Myrie, Kellie Maloney, Bob Schieffer, Barack Obama
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