-1. When trying to leave the apartment in the morning and the lock sticks, causing you to have to kick the door and turn the lock at least three times.
Why? When the door was painted, some of the paint got into the lock, which makes it really hard to turn they key.
-2. When your phone gets down to 10%, but dies immediately instead of going all the way down to 1% and then turning off.
Why? This one probably has a lot to do with the fact that the phone is old, and the software updates have caused it to frequently glitch.
-3. That Gainesville has a 23rd Drive, immediately followed by a 23rd Terrace. This is both confusing and makes it hard for drivers who aren't 100% sure where they're going.
Why? Probably because the roads are so close together and are the only two crossroads to Archer road for a while, so engineers went with the same theme in naming them.
-4. If you try to go to Panera on Archer road anytime during the day really, it's almost impossible to find a parking spot anywhere close without going out of the plaza to another business.
Why? This is a popular place to study for students, and the little plaza is in a popular area, with other popular restaurants and sort of make a recipe for disaster, or in this case a recipe for no parking.
-5. Going to go donate blood, and the person taking your blood both misses the vein at first, put also wiggles the needle painfully on your other arm on the second attempt.
Why? This could be because the person drawing blood didn't have much experience, was nervous, or some other personal reason.
-6. In Turlington plaza, skateboarders that come out of nowhere and run into other people walking.
Why? In my personal experience, whenever I've seen this happen, it was because the skateboarder was on their phone and had headphones in, so they weren't fully aware of their surroundings.
-7. If you're a commuter student (like me) and the bus runs either late or early, but it isn't recorded on the app tracker, so you either miss the bus or show up thinking that you already have.
Why? GPS is never totally accurate, and trying to track a moving thing in real time in traffic is kind of hard, especially for an app that could have technical issues.
-8. Anywhere on campus, the wifi takes a very long time to wirelessly connect to your device, and often caused problems in whatever page you're trying to reach.
Why? When I've had this problem, I've been in the library or crowded lecture halls so probably, the sheer amount of other devices trying to used the internet at once is overwhelming the system for a little bit.
-9. In the Butler Plaza Walmart, if you try and go into the self checkout line at seemingly any hour in the evening, you will have to wait behind at least 15 other customers.
Why? This Walmart is used a lot by students, and in the evenings is when a lot of students can go grocery shopping, leading to the influx of people in line. Also, many students only buy a few items at a time, which is a big cause for the self checkout line to be so long.
-10. Left turning lanes getting so full of cars that they spill over and block the other lanes.
Why? Left turning lanes usually have the shortest lights, so not many cars can get through, causing a line of buildup at the light.
-11. Several apartment complexes I've been to in the last few weeks have speed bumps so bad that no matter how slow you go over them, they will always scrape the bottom of your car terribly.
Why? People in apartment complexes are often in a rush, and hit bumps much faster than intended, so some pieces can chip away, making the bumps even worse and more uneven over time.
-12. If you ride the bus or drive a car on campus in the mornings, traffic is always terrible because people walk across the street frequently without waiting for the crosswalk sign to change, making all the cars have to stop.
Why? This one is either because people are running late trying to get to class, on their phones and not paying attention, or simply because they just don't care about holding other people up.
-13. Getting run into by someone else on a regular basis on campus.
Why? Because the person was looking down at their phone and didn't look up at all to see what was in their path.
-14. Either in class or on the bus or some other close-contact area, when people trip over other's things or step on feet to get across.
Why? This is because some people try and rush, and then forget to look down at where they're going, or just aren't aware of their surroundings.
-15. Getting locked out of your account even when you try and reset the password multiple times.
Why? I honestly have no idea why this happens, only that it's very irritating. Maybe because the password gets hidden while you're typing it so there's more room for error in pushing a wrong key?
-16. Going to the movie theater and the projector is too high so the top bit of the movie isn't on the screen and gets cut off.
Why? Something probably bumped the projector or something happened in the film room that no one noticed or corrected.
-17. Cracks showing up out of nowhere across your windshield.
Why? This usually happens when a rock hits it while you're driving, and then if it gets too cold outside the crack spreads at a ridiculously fast rate.
-18. Stop signs being hidden by trees, so that you only see them at the last second and have to slam on your brakes.
Why? Either just really bad planning, or the bushes and trees haven't been trimmed anytime recently and are growing past where they were intended to stay.
-19. Not making a stoplight because a car in front of you stays stopped and isn't paying attention.
Why? Almost every single time I've seen this happen, it's because the driver at the front of the line is on their phone and doesn't look up in time for the light. Some other times I've seen it happen though is when a person tries to change lanes at the last second and is blocking two lanes at once and the light they need hasn't yet changed.
-20. When the main door to buildings are locked and you have to go around forever looking for a side door or something like that to be unlocked. (The only one unlocked always seems to be in the most inconvenient spot too).
Why? Ive found out this is because a lot of doors have tricky locks, and a lot of the time if a latch isn't turned properly, from the inside it can look like the door is unlocked on the outside. One time this happened to me though and it turns out one person just wanted to mess with people and locked all the doors to the building except a back maintenance entrance.
Reflections after the fact:
I actually had a hard time initially with this list. I'm the kind of person that usually tries to leave room for error and let things roll off my back, so it was kind of hard to think about all of the little things that bother me. I could come up with probably seven things right away, but then I hit a blank. For the rest of the things on my list, it really helped to just go about my regular day and look around more than I usually do and to actually let myself get annoyed with trivial things. I also found it kind of funny that a lot of the things on my list have a common thing or were all noticed within a few minutes of each other, such as with a lot of the driving or commuting examples.
I'd be lying if I said I did not relate to most of the bugs on your list. One of yours that really made me wish I had put it down on mine was the being a student commuter and having to deal with the late/too early buses all because of a malfunctioning tracker app. I can't tell you how many times I have had to leave the house an hour earlier than the expected bus arrival time just because the app has been so unreliable with me before. Or sprinted across the street just to catch one that wont be back around for another while when I have to get somewhere quick. Overall, your bugs were very relatable and well thought out. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your bug list! You had some examples that I could definitely relate to, especially the one about getting locked out of your account...happens to me all the time. I thought your bugs were well written and your explanations were very detailed. I saw myself in your reflection because I also had to start paying attention to my routine so that I could find things that annoyed me.
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