Bug List

1.    Small talk such as: How is your day? Isn’t the weather nice? Etc….

-      Why it exists: To make daily interactions with individuals we are not close with appear or seem to be less awkward. 

2.    People who don’t say thank you when you hold the door for them.

-      Why it exists: Many reasons could explain it such as being entitled, raised with no manors, cultural differences, oblivious to their surroundings, having a bad day, Etc…..

3.    People who drive in the passing lane on highways when they are going under the speed limit and there is clearly no one in the right lane. 

-      Why it exists: Entitlement, oblivious to their surroundings, no knowledge of driving rules.

4.    People who sneeze in public and don’t cover their mouth with their elbow or sneeze into their hands and then touch things. 

-      Why it exists: No knowledge of basic hygiene etiquette or they simply don’t care if they spread their germs to others. 

5.    Dirty public restrooms at gas stations. 

-      Why it exists: Understaffed businesses, lazy employees, and messy customers. 

6.    Pot holes the size of craters, in roads with no way to avoid them, that send the fear of death through your bum and up your spine when hit. 

-      Why it exists: Not enough taxes to fix the roads in that area, poor allocation of resources by the local or state government officials.

7.    People who don’t pick up their dogs’ poop when walking timber ridge trail.

-      Why it exists: Either there is no trashcan or poop station available or the more likely reason is that they are lazy and self-entitled.

8.    When I politely ask someone to move out of the way at Walmart by saying excuse me and they respond by looking at me with sheer disbelief as if I had just asked them to jump off a cliff. 

-      Why it exists: people are entitled and believe you are inconveniencing them even though they are clearly blocking everyone around them.

9.    People who don’t go when the stop light turns green.

-      Why it exists: CELL PHONES are huge distractions for so many people when driving. Also, I’m sure having kids in the back seat can be a bit distracting.

10.  When food that I have been waiting on for a long time is delivered to my table cold.

-      Why it exists: Sometimes servers get extremely busy and forget to check on a certain order and sometimes they are too busy conversing with fellow employees or playing on their phones. 

11.  When people who are not handicap park in handicap parking spaces. 

-      Why it exists: it is convenient for someone who is in a hurry or simply too lazy to walk the extra hundred feet.

12.  When I’m working out at Fit My Life mid lift with headphones in and someone(male) tries to strike up a conversation.

-      Why it exists: Cultural norms of gender roles meaning it is still viewed by some as totally acceptable behavior for men to hit on women literally at any time and place.

13.  When I call anywhere for customer service and have to deal with an automated system instead of an actual person who could help me with an issue much faster.

-      Why it exists: It is much more cost effective for a company to use an automated system to handle basic issues rather than hiring more people to man the phones who would cost much more to employ. 

14.  When I leave the country for travel and the bank shuts off my card even though I previously told them I was going to be traveling on specific dates. 

-      Why it exists: security measures to prevent people from being able to steal your card information and use it 

15.  When I get stuck behind someone going 10 mph under the speed limit on long lake road with no way to pass them. 

-      Why it exists: There are a lot of tourists here and they often get lost trying to get to their destinations.

16.  When I try to take a shower and realize there is no hot water left.

-      Why it exists: My husband uses hot water as well as the dishwasher and washing machine. 

17.  When I use a public restroom and realize, after it’s too late, that there is no toilet paper left in the stall. 

-      Why it exists: There is no possible way for the staff to realize every time the toilet paper runs out unless customers notify them.  

18.  When I purchase clothing from the store and they forget to take off the alarm device thingy so I have to drive back to have it removed. 

-      Why it exists: Employees are doing the same mundane tasks all day so they get lackadaisical with their work

19.  When people bring their children to public places and allow them to act like wild animals and do nothing to discipline them.

-      Why it exists: Society now views disciplining children as child abuse so parents are afraid of getting in trouble or they simply don’t care

20.  When people look at my I.D and think its fake or that it isn’t me.

-      Why it exists: People are scared of getting in trouble for selling alcohol to minors.

Reflection: This assignment was fairly simple for me due to the fact that I have a lot of things that bug me. I think one of the main challenges was for certain bugs it is easy to blame people for being lazy or selfish and much harder to come up with a reason for why they behave in a certain way.