Assignment 2A- Bug List
1. People who tailgate you
Why: Less of a gap for people to get in front of the driver and cut them off. The person in front will go faster from the person behind them tailgating them.
2. Dog owners not cleaning up after their dogs
Why: Sometimes they forget the bags to pick up the waste. The owner may be in a rush and can't be bothered by picking it up.
3. A salesperson that harasses you after you already said no
Why: They earn a commission from what they sell during that day. Might need to boost the sales for their store.
4. Bad/slow internet connection
Why: Everyone may be using the wifi at the same time which causes the internet to be slower. When there is a storm or the weather is bad the connection fails, making it slower.
5. Not being able to get a hold of your waiter
Why: They may be busy/overwhelmed attending other tables. The restaurant may be understaffed so they have to work more tables than they are used to.
6. When you miss someone's call, call back and then they don't answer
Why: They become busy at the moment that you called them back. They might not have signal at the exact moment you called back.
7. Solicitors
Why: Their job is to promote a product or a service. They have a random number generator and your number just happens to be the one that's chosen.
8. People who don't use blinkers
Why: They may not realize that they had to turn and its too late to turn blinker on. Switch lanes fast, there is no need to turn blinker on.
9. Cyclists that don't use the bike lane
Why: Sometimes there are no bike lanes provided for the cyclists. Construction may obstruct sidewalks.
10. People who bring their entire grocery cart to the self-checkout lane
Why: Other grocery lanes are really crowded, self-checkout is faster. People think that they can scan things really fast cutting their wait time by a lot.
11. Driving behind a slow person in the fast lane of the highway
Why: There might be a semi truck in the right lane that they are trying to pass. They are not able to switch to the slower lane at the moment.
12. People who are disorganized and leave clutter around the room
Why: No time to organize anything that they left out. Easier for them to know where everything is located because it's "their clutter".
13. Ordering through the drive-thru and getting what you didn't order
Why: The intercom of the drive-thru might not be working properly. The other person wasn't able to understand what you were ordering.
14. People who skip the line anywhere
Why: They are probably trying to get to their friends/family who are ahead of you. They want to cut their waiting time and not stand in line for as long.
15. Getting a nail in your tire/having to wait for a tow truck
Why: Going through a constructions zone where there is debris. Waiting time for tow truck may be high depending on where you're located.
16. Doing group projects with people you don't know
Why: Professors want you to interact with different people. Getting out of your comfort zone and meeting new people.
17. When people litter
Why: There may not be a trashcan nearby. Easier to throw it on the floor and expect someone else to pick it up.
18: When people aren't on time
Why: They are running late from a meeting or errands that they had to run before meeting you. They are procrastinators and leave everything for the last minute.
19: Calling a company and being put on hold
Why: The representative may be occupied talking to someone else. They might not know the answer to your question/have to consult with their managers first.
20. When what you ordered online isn't delivered the day it was supposed to
Why: Postman may have already delivered the packages for the day and yours happened to arrive late to the post office. The tracking number on the package was wrong and it left the company a day later.
Reflection:
This assignment seemed to be easy at first, but after the first ten items, it was challenging to come up with more. Thinking about daily annoyances wasn't hard, it was arguing why they existed that posed a harder task. Some of the things that bugged me were hard to explain because they had no real reasoning behind them. A lot of the annoyances I was able to come up with were due to personal preference. It was hard to get into the mindset of having to explain everything that you find annoying in your day to day basis. Overall, this assignment was a little bit challenging because of the mindset that you had to have while explaining the "bugs". However, it helped me gain a new perspective to think about why problems exist.
I think this is a really great bug list and there were so many on here that I agreed with. Bugs six, twelve, and four were the ones I agreed with the most. I think it is interesting that some of those things I deal with daily and yet when I made my own list I forgot to mention some of them. The only piece of constructive criticism would be to maybe make the bugs a little more specific. I know that in future assignments we will have to be very specific about the problems so that may help in the future. But overall, still an amazing assignment.
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