Friday, January 24, 2020

Da Bugs?

1. Making my bed in the morning is extremely difficult and time consuming because I have to pull the under sheet up from being in a ball. Why? Because there is nothing that holds the comforter to the top sheet so when I sleep I kick it to the bottom of the bed.
2. I make a fresh cup of coffee every morning and have to wait for it to cool off which is very time consuming when I am rushing out of the door Why? Because coffee makers don’t have coffee brewed at a consumable temperature but instead very hot.
3. Every morning I also take a bottle of water with me to school. On most of the backpacks that I have there is no place to put a water bottle so I am stuck holding it Why? Because backpack companies didn’t anticipate the need for these bottles or simply wanted you to spend more money on the options that have the water bottle holder
4. Before i get out of bed I find it extremely hard to get warm enough to feel comfortable getting up. Why? I have windows in my room that have allowed the cold inside my room. Therefore there is a significant difference in temperature in my room compared to the rest of my apartment
5. I take the bus to school every day and when I go out of my apartment at 8:10 every morning the bus is very unpredictable and is often not consistent so I don’t know whether or not it will be on time. Why? I assume that there are different amounts of stops the bus driver makes every morning that either deter or speed up their route.
6. After I leave my apartment, i often have already put my keys in my backpack for the day so I have to dig them out again to lock the door but this takes a minute to do whenever I am rushing out of the door. Why? Because I haven’t anticipated this after all of the practice I’ve had and still make this mistake every morning
7. Before I make it out of the door I don’t know the exact temperature outside and sometimes don’t plan for this and don’t know what clothing I need for that specific temperature Why? I was not taught to know how the temperature reflect what clothes would be most comfortable leaving me either too hot or too cold during the day
8. I live in a 4 bedroom apartment and we all share a dishwasher which we have trouble with because we never know if the dishes are dirty or clean and have to ask everyone in the apartment to find out wether or not we can use them. Why? Dishwashers don’t typically come with an indicator of them being dirty or clean and most don’t have lights or signals that tell us they have been ran.
9. Due to the location of my apartment I cannot take the bus directly near my class. I always have to walk a little bit before i get to my class because it drops me off across campus Why? The city of Gainesville decided the bus routes and according to them the buses shouldn’t take us to the other side of campus so we have to stick to what we can get.
10. When I get to class I use a binder for my classes and it often has it to where the clips don’t line up and it allows the papers to fall out. Why? The pressure that I put on my book bag bends the middle metal clips.
11. I charge all of my devices at night and it’s often really hard to coordinate all of the chords and I have to use multiple wall plugs so my devices aren’t all in one place. Why? Due to the need of a computer, a phone, headphones, and a watch for college I have to charge these things every night so I can rely upon them for meetings and consistent school work
12. When I meet people out for coffee or for lunch, i enjoy treating other people but usually only continue this trend with people who treat me back occasionally and sometimes it’s hard to remember who has done that for me. Why? It’s hard to remember every interaction and paying is such a small part of the interaction that it’s easy to forget.
13. Whenever I decide in the morning that I don’t want to deal with the hassle of contacts I choose to wear my glasses which end up hugging my nose so tight with pressure that I have a headache by the end of the day. Why? A lot of classes aren’t build for people with larger nose bridges and it is impossible to adjust them to your face shape.
14. Cellphone fixation is a huge problem with me in the morning because I will continually sit on my phone instead of racking my morning duties. Why? Our generation has a phone fixation and this is due to the fear of missing out (FOMO) and we often ignore our daily tasks to be on social media or talking to our friends
15. Just like everyone else I have a hard time remembering where I park; either on campus or in a shopping complex. Why? We go a lot of places in our car and it is often really easy to forget where you parked in the hundred of choices that they offer
16. No show socks are SO hard to keep on your feet during the day because they slip off the back of your feet and make it so uncomfortable to walk around until you can find some place to fix them. Why? No show socks only go on a part of your heel and this makes it easy for them to slip off when you walk and they rub against your shoe.
17.. Just like everyone else in my generation, I enjoy using social media such as Instagram and Twitter. When we post things there are certain times that we plan for to optimize the amount of likes we get and the exposure our post gets so I don’t ever know when the right time to post a picture is to maximize my popularity. Why? Certain times are the peak of social media use due to the various activities that people have during the day, including work and school.
18. In the coldness of the Gainesville “winter”, a lot of people have the problem of lip chapping. I always forget to bring my chapstick which results in my lips suffering through the pain and look crusty. Why? Chapstick is such a small necessity that people ALWAYS lose it and have to buy more. 
19. selling clothes in the area that you live is really hard unless you want to pawn them off at a local shelter or thrift store getting little to no money back for them. Why? There isn’t a universal way to sell your items and often sites like craigslist won’t allow you to get a reasonable price.
20. Since everyone has access to the internet and are able to put any information they would like on there. I try to maximize the nutrition that I intake with foods that will be good for mu diet but it is really hard to search things such as that online because a lot of the articles aren’t peer reviewed so I get a lot of false information. Why? The internet allows anyone with computer access and a brain (sometimes a brain) to put anything and everything they want online without making the information remotely correct.

Conclusion: This assignment was really easy in the beginning because everyone has those little problems they have to deal with everyday that aggravate them but towards the end I was having a harder time coming up with problems that are less surface level and I had to think really hard about what really bothers me that would have a root cause instead of my easily agitated personality just being annoying. This assignment did allow me to think of some things that would be easily fixable so maybe I will start working on some solutions!

5 comments:

  1. Wow, after reading your list I realized I have a lot of the same 'bugs' in my life. Number 16, the no-show socks slipping, is a serious bug. Not only is it annoying, it increases the rate at which your shoes become smelly. Number 18, lips being chapped but missing chapstick, is a problem I have never had until coming to Gainesville. I’ve spent weeks at a time in much colder and dryer places (Canada) without getting chapped lips, but, for some reason, it happens here and I rarely have chapstick on me.

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  2. I relate to number 14. Getting up in the morning and spending a large amount of time pointlessly on my phone is a big bug. Instead of starting my day productively i act on impulse and go on my phone for a long period of time. This could stem from FOMO or even just the satisfaction of scrolling through social media.

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  4. There were so many of your bugs that I personally relate too. trying to get up in the morning was one of the ones I related to, especially since it has been cold lately it’s hard to get out from under the warm blanket. I also thing everyone can using your phone too much and as a result in consumes your time in the morning.

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  5. Hi Brynn! I definitely related with a lot of the bugs you had and I thought you did a good job of explaining the "why" for each one. I definitely agree with bug #4 about it being too cold in the morning to get ready. I think another reason that this can occur is that since we are in Florida, the air conditioning is always on, and the heater rarely kicks on. Therefore, even when it's really cold in the early mornings, the AC is still on to make it even colder. The bug I think that I agree with the most is #14. I have a really bad habit of staying on my phone for too long each morning. I will always tell myself "only five more minutes" but can sometimes spend upwards of an entire hour on my phone when I wake up. I also agree with your statement that this assignment helped you to start thinking of solutions to some of the problems you have. This exercise was definitely beneficial!

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