The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Ignorance and unwillingness to learn.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 October 2025 source ↗
Schemes. I hate schemers.
People who can’t read my mind.
People who think they’re always right.
A lack of generosity. It can take so many forms—it doesn’t just have to do with money—so I’m always shocked when people can’t muster any at all.
That I don’t give myself enough credit.
A piece of scenery fell on my head during Richard II at the Globe theatre in 2019. I was very badly hurt.
Nothing. I’m curious how things will evolve.
Curious, kind and frustrating – because I ask too many questions.
If you’re a mother, you are embarrassing. Is that not just the way?
When I was younger, I signed up to a job agency and thought I would be doing secretarial work, but they assigned me to clean toilets in a factory in Oldham.
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