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.
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People who aren’t polite.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 November 2025 source ↗
Guys who use the word “snot.”
Careless cruelty.
The susceptibility to ideology or tribalism.
People who think they’re always right.
I’m afraid of the dark.
I was in Oliver! when I was 10 and I peed myself on stage in front of however many people the Palladium holds. It was the stuff of nightmares.
Complicated, chaotic, messy.
“You’re not in Busted any more.” I successfully auditioned to be in Busted and then a couple of days later I got a phone call to say that I was no longer needed as they were going to keep it as the three of them. But it ended up being OK.
Seeing my kids getting older scares me.
I’m quite stubborn.
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