Assignment 2A- Bug List, Zislin

Christopher Zislin

Assignment 2A- Bug List

1.     Motorcycles passing in between cars on major highways while in traffic

WHY: Motorcyclists do this as a way to get to their destination quicker and may also feel that they can get through whatever they want due to the small size of the vehicle.

2.   Classes that are entirely based on exam grades

WHY: Professors may not put in the extra effort to add in small assignments into the course and only have around 3-5 grades for the entire semester.

3.    Polluting the ocean with cardboard and using the excuse “It’s biodegradable”

WHY: Using the ocean as a trash can may result in less of a clean-up later, and although it will eventually decompose it still puts other marine life at risk.

4.     Waiters/waitresses saying your food is almost ready when it’s not

WHY: Food may be taking longer than expected and using this excuse keeps the customers still satisfied and not as anxious.

5.    Bags of chips being filled up halfway.

WHY: The more bags produced means more money in the producers pocket and they get away with this by filling 50% of the bag up with air.

6.    People having a private/one on one conversation in group chats

WHY: Secretly wanting everyone else in the group to see what you are telling one other person hoping that someone else joins in but ends up being disregarded.

7.    People who post 5-minute-long videos of concerts on Snapchat

WHY: Feeling that people who did not go to the event still wants to see and hear every song played at the concert becoming very irritating.

8.    Not using a turn signal when turning or switching lanes

WHY: Thinking it is okay if you speed up or slow down can turn into a bad habit causing many accidents.

9.     A bottle of water costing a MINIMUM of 5 dollars at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

WHY: UF realizes that those September home games get brutally hot making students think it is okay to pay any price for a bottle of water.

10.  Roommates who don’t take their laundry out of the washer or dryer when the cycles are finished

WHY: Simply forgetting about your laundry because those most likely are not your only clothes as well as a lack of communication to each other.

11.  The lack of visitor parking at the Retreat apartment complex in Gainesville.

WHY: The excess of assigned shaded spots that many residents do not use because it is not the closest spot to your front door. These shaded spots are also another way for the complex to make an additional $15 a month.

12.  When people have headphones in but are not listening to anything

WHY: It may be that they are trying to avoid conversation or that they were previously listening to their headphones but did not take them off afterwards.

13.  Hearing every bit of outside noise at my apartment complex when all windows and doors are shut.

WHY: The Retreat may have built the complex faster but made the walls thinner than they should be. This is frustrating especially when taking an online exam.

14.  People with headphones in singing out loud to themselves at the Retreat gym.

WHY: Playing your music too loud to the point where you can't hear yourself sing might raise your voice.

15.  People who leave their shopping cart in an empty parking space at the grocery store

WHY: The truth of the matter is that this is caused by someone being too lazy to bring the cart back to the front of the store or the designated cart area in the parking lot.

16.  The car in front of you takes forever to order while going through a fast food restaurant drive thru.

WHY: It is either caused by the employee not being ready to take the order or the customer not having an idea of what they want as they enter the drive thru.

17.  Original iPhone factory charging cables constantly breaking

WHY: Due to the high demand for apple products these cables are produced rather quickly and in such large capacity that put the extra effort in to make them sturdy does not exist.

18.  The Florida Gators mobile ticketing app crashes or does not show my ticket as I am walking up to the scanner

WHY: UF thinks that our ticketing system needed to be updated by making everything on a single app rather than printed tickets.

19.  People who throw used paper towels on the counter of the sink in a public bathroom

WHY: Trash cans may already be full or the fact that many people do not care where they throw their garbage because it is not their job to clean it up.

20.  Getting bombarded with advertisements about something I have searched or have talked about.

WHY: Certain legal obligations allow our search history to be used as a re-marketing tool for things we search or say out loud.  

REFLECTION:

      At first when I attempted this assignment it was easy to name around five to ten “bugs.” However, after I was about half way finished, I hit a road block and couldn’t think of any more off the top of my head. In order to find ten more bugs, I realized I needed to go about my daily routine and just notice things that annoyed me along the way. After a few days I had the rest of the list. Overall, this assignment was not very difficult as long as you do not try to do it in one sitting. I found this assignment to be very intriguing and eye opening to simple things that bug me on a daily basis.