The question
What is the trait you most deplore in others?Originally asked
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A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
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Schemes. I hate schemers.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗
Picking their nose and eating it.
Never date anyone who is mean to you or others. Kindness matters.
Trying to exercise authority over one.
I don’t like those people that only want to be nice to people that they consider their equal or above them as far as maybe they’ve got money or something like that.
As a great songwriter.
An artist, an interior designer and a vet.
Uncontrollable, wonderful.
When I was little, a couple of rapes took place in Glasgow. I remember my mum saying to walk in the middle of the pavement, and to this day I am very conscious of where I am.
Nothing. I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you.
Feeling so helpless. You feel that governments should be making better choices; people are speaking out and nothing seems to be done about it.
Leona Lewis, Mark Bonnar, Allison Janney, Nigel Havers, Russell Mael, Kelly Hoppen
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