Bug List

1. When the faucet is too close to the edge of the sink and you don’t have room to wash your hands (we’ve all been here).

Why: Poor product design.

2. When I go to an academic advisor and they have never even heard of the Innovation Academy.

Why: They live under a rock. Like come on, it’s one thing for a student not to have heard of it, but these people work for the university and are supposed to be there to give us academic advice. How can they give me academic advice if they haven’t even heard of the academic program that I am in? This has happens way more often than it should.

3. When I need to use scissors and the only ones available are the “ergonomically correct” ones.

Why: Lefty inequality! Ban ergonomically correct scissors! (If you’re a righty, I encourage you to try using those evil things with your left hand. Then maybe you’ll understand the pain and suffering that us lefties go through.)

4. When a public computer is set up in a way that the mouse cannot be moved to the other side, requiring me to sit there awkwardly with my whole body twisted just to reach the mouse or struggle to use the mouse with my right hand.

Why: People forget that lefties exist and don’t think to wire the computers with enough cable room to move the mouse to the other side.

5. The Dunkin Donuts at Turkey Lake Service Plaza in Orlando (which is on my way home from Gainesville) has never once gotten my coffee order correct.

Why: Maybe not enough training? Or just really bad luck on my part? I don’t have a complicated order (really, it’s only an iced coffee), and yet every time I stop here they get it wrong. Honestly I should probably just start going to a different one.

6. People who are on the phone on the upper floors of the library.

Why: Because they either don’t know the rules or don’t have the patience to walk downstairs when they get a phone call.

7. Drivers who go straight in a right turn-only lane (especially when it’s a red light and everybody behind them is waiting to turn); specifically at the intersections of 34^th St & 2^nd Ave, and 34^th St & 20^th St.

Why: This problem exists because drivers didn’t see (or chose to ignore) the large obvious sign with the obnoxious flashing light. I wish cops would just sit out at these intersections and ticket anyone who does this. It can be very annoying and can really back up traffic at peak hours.

8. Not being able to name group text messages (like you can in GroupMe)

Why: Because Apple hasn’t thought of this yet or has deemed it unnecessary.

9. When it starts raining on your way to class and you only have a rain jacket or a small umbrella (so no golf umbrella), and you have to choose between either you getting wet or risking the laptop in your backpack getting wet.

Why: This problem exists because backpack umbrellas don’t exist. There is always the option of those clear plastic backpacks, but then everyone can see all your stuff and how messy your backpack actually is, and that is a whole different problem.

10. Not being able to make a left turn onto 34^th St coming from 28^th Ave.

Why: There is a median in the way. Poor construction design? Or maybe this is to prevent accidents from occurring since 34^th St gets a lot of traffic.

11. Not being able to search for something that is along your route destination in Google maps.

Why: There is not really a reason why this doesn’t exist yet, other than because nobody has made it happen. The technology is out there, someone just needs to make it happen. Imagine how much more convenient it would be if you were able to search for things along your route instead of having to close out of the navigation entirely to do a new search when you get hungry or need to stop for gas.

12. Not being able to find ice cream past a certain time in Gainesville without driving a significant distance.

Why: Because there are very few ice cream places open past 10 that serve ice cream, and most fast food places usually start cleaning their ice cream machines around this time.

13. Most girls’ shorts and pants have really small pockets.

Why: I guess this exists because girls tend to carry purses. But why are we always expected to carry a bag with us? What about those times when we actually can’t bring a bag due to safety restrictions put in place by certain venues? Why can’t they just make the pockets bigger?!

14. Not being able to find parking on campus or in the midtown and downtown areas.

Why: UF and Gainesville have very limited parking. The Gainesville area is relatively condensed, with a high number of businesses and buildings in a relatively small area, meaning less room for parking spots.

15. Most of my music is through Amazon Prime, but to set an alarm on my phone I have to use music that I have bought through iTunes.

Why: Exists because Apple wants you to buy music from them and not other music services. This actually bugged me enough that I submitted a suggestion to Amazon through their music app and asked them to create a feature to let me set an alarm within the app. Still hasn’t happened yet, but yay for me taking action.

16. When I’m on the phone with someone on my iPhone, and I get another incoming call, hitting the “End and Accept” button to end my current call and answer the incoming one will sometimes just end both calls.

Why: Technical glitch?  Honestly I don’t know. This could be just be a technical problem with my specific phone or with iOS operating system in general.

17. Not being able to change the font color in the Notes app on my iPhone.

Why: Again, this bug basically exists because nobody has made it happen yet. There are other apps on the market that will let you do this, but the only ones that I have been able to find you have to pay for. And who actually pays for apps on the app store?

18. When the underwire in a bra starts to pop out and poke you. It’s painful. And usually inevitable.

Why: I guess it is generally just from normal wear and tear, but it is still annoying because it basically means you can’t wear the bra anymore even if it is otherwise still in perfectly good shape.

 19. When people don't clean kitchen surfaces after cooking with raw meat.

Why: Because people don't know or understand the health risks associated with raw meat and  contamination. My old roommate used to do this.  

20. My apartment complex has only one recycling bin per dumpster, and most of the time they are either full or missing completely.

Why: Honestly probably because they don’t recycle anyways. I’ve lived here for almost a year and have not once ever seen them pick up the recycling, only the trash. I’m pretty sure they just dump whatever is in the recycling bin into the dumpster before they pick it up.

I found this assignment pretty easy in the beginning because I've actually kept a list of "bugs" as you call it on my phone for years. It was definitely a good place to start, but by no means was it enough to complete the list. Once I got down to the last few I definitely struggled to come up with more!