1. My roommates don’t keep the kitchen clean. Why? We did not set up any accountability with chores.
2. My roommates like the temperature too low and I cant make my bedroom a different temperature. Why? Each room doesn’t have its own thermostat.
3. Gainesville traffic. Why? Maybe the roads in Gainesville are too narrow.
4. I don’t get paid for the time traveling to and from work. Why? Employers don’t take into consideration that that is time we give to them as well.
5. My toothbrush holder doesn’t have a space for the toothpaste. Why? They only make the toothbrush holder for the toothbrushes.
6. The lock on my door is always difficult to lock and unlock. Why? They didn’t make the button easy to push and the lock doesn’t align with the door frame.
7. My packages go to the front office as opposed to coming to my front door for security issues. Why? There's no way they can put my packages in a secure place in front of my door.
8. Most kids were never taught anything of value in high school when it comes to real everyday life. Why? We aren’t required to take any classes that really apply to our life in high school.
9. Till recently, I was very ignorant of different business models that I learned through reading books on my own, not through business classes. Why? College is a business and they’d rather you get a job than start your own business so they can get ratings.
10. My feet are always cold. Why? I don’t have anything thats designed to keep my feet warm.
11. There aren’t enough cup holders in my car. Why? They don’t make cars with extra cup holders.
12. There’s no parking on campus. Why? They didn’t factor in parking when constructing campus.
13. Half of my dishes don’t come out of the dishwasher clean. Maybe the dish soap sucks, or maybe the water doesn’t get hot enough.
14. When I call certain companies I don’t talk to a human being. Why? The companies replaced people with computers.
15. How much spam email I get. Why? I can’t change the settings in my gmail account to stop spam.
16. Noisy neighbors. Why? The walls in apartment complexes are too thin.
17. When I forget a password to an account and have to create a new one. Why? Some websites don’t automatically save your account information.
18. When cyclists ride in the middle of the road. Why? They don’t have enough room on the side of the road.
19. How hard it is to clean finger prints off my phone screen. Why? I have yet to discover a dry cloth that can really clean my phone screen.
20. When people don’t know how to navigate a four-way stop sign. Why? Maybe driving school wasn’t effective enough.
My challenges with coming up with this list were to look at things from almost a pessimistic view. Eventually I was able to start picking things up that bug me pretty quickly when I remembered that I needed to finish this assignment. I had to be very intentional with picking those things up.
Hi Vanasia, I enjoyed reading your list. I could relate to most of them, especially Bug 1, 3, 5, 7, and 20. Thankfully I just moved from Gainesville, but the traffic has been terrible, wider roads and better traffic light timers could help! Another way to look at Bug 12 is real estate is very valuable close to campus. Typically, the land is cheaper to buy and build a parking lot as opposed to a parking garage. Since UF did not purchase extra property for parking lots, they could help fix this bug by building parking garages to economize the space they do have! Overall, a great list of Bugs you came up with many different ones!
ReplyDeleteHey Vanasia! I enjoyed you bug list a lot. The personal nature of the responses felt very genuine and were fun to read. I could relate to a lot the the things on this bug list. It made me realize that I may not have made my blog personal enough. Also, your reasons why the issues exist have feasible solutions it seems. I struggled heavily to make a list that was diverse at all, but your list dipped into many different areas which I find impressive to be honest. It was my pleasure.
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Hi Vanasia!
ReplyDeleteI definitely was able to relate to a lot of your bugs, but #14 stood out to me the most. I absolutely hate calling into a customer service line and having to spend about 15 minutes with an automated teller. I usually start pressing random buttons or keep saying “operator” until it bypasses all of that.
I do agree that it was a weird challenge to intentionally look at things from a pessimistic view. For me, I ended up realizing that some of my complaints weren’t even that negative – just preference.