Assignment 2A- Buglist

1. "5'oclock traffic" keeps me from getting places I need to be in a timely manner and it's not consistent. Sometimes it starts at 4 and lasts until 6 and other days it won't start until 5 and lasts until 7p.m.

Why it exists: Generally speaking, most jobs end around 5'oclock which means everyone is heading home at once. This leads to the streets being heavily populated out of nowhere and traffic lights still acting as if there's five cars waiting to go instead of 50 which causes hours of congestion.

2. When I've halfway pulled into a parking spot and there ends up being a motorcycle already parked there, forcing me to pull out and find another spot.

Why it exists: Motorcycles need a place to park just as much cars do but they're smaller so they're not as easily visible when surrounded by other cars.

3. When I'm trying to watch a show/lecture or finish an assignment and the wifi in my apartment stops working.

Why it exists: There's various reasons that could cause the wifi to stop working but I believe the most prominent reason is the lack of bandwidth. When everyone in the apartment building is using the same wifi, it tends to run slower.

4. When I find an article of clothing that I love but the store is out of my size, prohibiting me from buying the item.

Why it exists: I'm an average sized woman so my size is very common. If the item I like is in high demand then my size will be out of stock.

5. When I'm in a public restroom and I run out of toilet paper, causing me to have to reach under the stall or ask a stranger for some toilet paper.

Why it exists: The last person to use that stall didn't care to replace the toilet paper/let someone know that the restroom needs toilet paper.

6. How expensive tampons are even though they are something almost every woman can't help but need on a monthly basis.

Why it exists: Producers of feminine products need to cover production costs as well as make a profit. Producers know that these products are in high demand so they will raise the price as much as they can in order to have the best turnover possible.

7. When I'm really craving a bowl of Frosted Flakes, so I pour cereal into a bowl and open the fridge to discover a disappointing absence of milk.

Why it exists: Someone in my apartment uses the last of the milk without my knowledge and has failed to replace it. Since I was expecting there to be milk in the fridge, I failed to make certain that we had milk and preemptively poured a bowl of cereal.

8. When people refuse to listen to me/take me seriously because of my age.

Why it exists: People assume that everyone younger than them has less knowledge and/or lack of good ideas because they haven't lived as long them and/or had as much experience as them.

9.When people assume I am something I'm not or have done something I didn't.

Why it exists: People love to make assumptions based on things they are told rather than gathering their own information (most likely because it's easier to believe what you hear than it is to collect your own data).

10. When I'm trying to enjoy a shower and the hot water runs out.

Why it exists: My showers tend to last longer than my water heater can last heating the water.

11. When I'm extremely cold and there's nothing I can do to warm up except go outside. Outside then becomes too hot so I go back inside and the contrast from outside to in makes me even more cold than before.

Why it exists: We live in Florida so most of the time I forget to grab a jacket before I leave my apartment. Most buildings are also as cold as possible because we live in Florida which makes the contrast in temperature from outside to in seem much more extreme. I also get cold very easily due to lack of nutrition I'd assume.

12. I can't wear every pair of earrings that I would like/can afford to wear.

Why it exists: My ears are allergic to fake material so most earrings in my price range will cause my ears to itch and turn green.

13. When my coffee is too hot to drink and then I wait too long and it becomes to cold to drink.

Why it exists: When you order a coffee they usually make it fresh (or relatively fresh) which means it will be far too hot to drink. While waiting for the beverage to cool, I become preoccupied with other things and forget about my coffee. By the time I remember, my coffee has become too cold to enjoy.

14. When I have a really good hand in poker and I'm thinking "There's no way anyone could have anything better" and then I lose money because they do.

Why it exists: Statistically speaking, there is a very small chance someone could have a better hand than me in certain situations. This leads me to become over confident in myself and cards, causing me to continue to bet and eventually lose some money even if I had a really good hand.

15. When people leave their shopping carts in parking spaces and/or in the parts of parking lots where there is grass and shrubbery, causing others to be unable to pull in/out of a parking spot and/or causing workers to go out of their way (in the Florida heat) to retrieve carts that belong in designated cart areas.

Why it exists: People are too lazy to walk an extra few steps to put the carts where they belong which leads them to leave them in miscellaneous places around the parking lot.

16. When there's an event I'm unable to attend because I have to work and/or have assignments to do.

Why it exists: I must have the capability of affording rent along with other expenses which means I need to work when I can, especially on Friday/Saturday nights which are prime hangout/event hours. School is just as high of a priority, if not higher than work because it's very important to me that I earn good grades as well as fully understand he material being taught. 

17. When there is a roach or spider in my room and there is no one awake/around that is able to kill it, causing me to suffer through watching it creep around my room.

Why it exists: Bugs come inside in order to seek shelter, find food, or exist in a more comfortable temperature. I am afraid of roaches and spiders which hinders my ability to kill them. My roommates can't always kill them for me because they either aren't home or they're sleeping and I refuse to wake someone up just to kill a bug for me,

19. When the dryer doesn't dry my clothes all the way, leaving them damp and causing me to have to put them in for another cycle which makes me wait longer than I should have to to wear my clothes or put them away.

Why it exists: I don't have the strongest dryer in the world so sometimes one cycle isn't enough. Sometimes I have a heftier load which takes more power and heat to dry.

20. When my roommates leave lights on even if they're not in the room, causing the electricity bill to skyrocket.

Why it exists: Lights aren't on everyone's mind all the time so when you're focusing on something else, it's easy to forget to do something as simple as shutting of the lights when you don't need them anymore but regardless of whether or not we need them on, it is still going to drive costs up.

Reflection 
Although I did not find this assignment extremely difficult, it was harder than I expected. It wasn't terribly awful because there are many things that bug me in my day-to-day life. The hard part was coming up with things that bug me that I could also explain the cause for their existence. For example, I wanted to write about how the very existence of mosquito's bugs me but I can't really tell you why they exist other than to feed spiders. I did enjoy this assignment very much because we often think about the things that bother us but never entertain the idea of why they exist. This assignment offers a whole new way of thinking.