Cathy Rigby: What is the trait you most deplore in others?

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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Recorded Cathy Rigby said elsewhere, not written here

Arrogance and a lack of respect for others.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗

Others on this question

Lack of acceptance of my bad timekeeping

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

Jerry Lewis American comedian, actor and filmmaker

No sense of humor.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2011 source ↗

Mistaking shyness for not having anything to say.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗

Not having the ability to say sorry when they’re wrong.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2026 source ↗

Making a gourmet dinner with my husband, Tom, then just hanging out with our four children, their spouses, and our delightful grandchildren.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 August 2012 source ↗

Procrastination ... getting overwhelmed ... getting stuck.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗

To be more outgoing. I love being home, but sometimes I feel guilty that I like it too much.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2012 source ↗

Right now and when I was pregnant and when my children were very young.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗

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