MY BUG LIST

1.     After 9PM, I have a huge amount of trouble finding a parking spot at my apartment complex.

WHY IT EXISTS: There aren’t enough parking spaces here and there are too many people who don’t live here taking up spaces.

2.     UF has traffic lanes that are too small for cars to pass through, and we also don’t have enough lanes.

WHY IT EXISTS: The traffic system at UF wasn’t designed to accommodate its ever-increasing traffic flow.

3.     With the growing population of vegans in America, it is annoying that it is still very hard to find vegan food options.

WHY IT EXISTS: Our society is still very reluctant to accept or accommodate vegan options because it is “too difficult” to switch to or they simply don’t believe in it.

4.     Gainesville does not have enough street lights, often leaving many places for potential attackers to hide.

WHY IT EXISTS: The Gainesville government does not have enough money to put into funding to get more street lights put up.

5.     It is annoying that there isn’t a way to get notified of all events that are happening at UF.

WHY IT EXISTS: Simply because no one has come up with a way to get all the notifications in one place.

6.     There should be more than one bike lane at UF.

WHY IT EXISTS: The school hasn’t decided to put funding toward making more lanes.

7.     I wish that more public restrooms had the auto-flushing seat covers.

WHY IT EXISTS: Companies just have not decided to put them in.

8.     The roads on 62^nd Street in North Miami, FL are horribly paved, and can damage your car if you go too fast.

WHY IT EXISTS: The government often leaves construction jobs in the inner-city half done or in bad condition.

9.     I don’t have healthcare even though Medicare gets taken out of my paycheck every two weeks.

WHY IT EXISTS: The American government does not ensure that healthcare is affordable and accessible.

10.  My steering wheel is nearly frozen on cold days.

WHY IT EXISTS: There is not sort of heating pad for steering wheels.

11.  Too many students jaywalk at UF, and often run in the middle of the street.

WHY IT EXISTS: Students are often in a rush for class because they only have 15 minutes in between them, and sometimes have to go from one side of the campus to the other.

12.  Even though we dispose of trash, it really just goes into massive liter piles called landfills.

WHY IT EXISTS: There is not a better alternative to dispose of garbage, and recycling is underused.

13.  H&M T-shirts always shrink on the first wash.

WHY IT EXISTS: This is because the material is cheap.

14.  Phones are much easier to break now than they used to be. (compare the durability of an iPhone to a Nokia)

WHY IT EXISTS: Cell phone developers have not been able to make a phone that is very durable without having to sacrifice its capabilities and aesthetic appeal.

15.  Vegetarian food options are almost always more expensive than the other options on a food menu.

WHY IT EXISTS: It is an inconvenience for many food places to accommodate vegetarians. There are also higher taxes on vegetarian/vegan food companies.

16.  Whenever you order a large drink at a restaurant (be it fast-food or otherwise), they always give you way too much ice and not enough drink.

WHY IT EXISTS: I feel like companies are trying to rip us off and are instructed to do this.

17.  WIFI at my apartment complex gets bad after 8PM.

WHY IT EXISTS: There is heavy traffic on the complex WIFI at night.

18.  When you buy a video on Study Edge, it closes after a few hours and you have to repurchase it.

WHY IT EXISTS: They are trying to make more money from students.

19.  There should be designated lanes for mopeds in Gainesville. There are a lot of them and they impede the flow of traffic.

WHY IT EXISTS: It would be very difficult and expensive to redo the roads.

20.  There should be more parking spots for scooters and motorcycles throughout Gainesville, as they take up whole spaces and waste a lot of the space.

WHY IT EXISTS: There just generally isn’t much parking for other modes of transportation outside of the University.


I actually found it very difficult to make this list. I felt it was difficult because I usually don't actually ever think about what bugs me and why, and I think that to be able to consciously assess what bugs you and what can be fixed is a skill that you have to cultivate within yourself.