2a Bug List

Andrew Lanza
ENT3003
Professor Chris Pryor
09/01/17

Bug List
1) The traffic on Archer Road during from 11-1:30 and then 3-6:30 every day:
 Why -The road is too narrow for the demand (flow of traffic/volume of cars) in the area.

2) The lint in my drying machine always makes a mess when I try to remove it:
Why -There's no clean/definite/easy way to get all of the lint without some falling off onto the floor.

3) Stubbing my toe on the corner of my couch is really painful:
Why - The corner of most furniture is made of very sturdy material and therefore would be pretty painful to kick.

4) The road is more difficult to navigate when people don't use their blinkers:
Why - The laws on using blinkers are marginally enforced for how often this error in driving causes accidents/damage

5) When you talk to your friend about buying a blender and 5 minutes later a blender is suggested in your search browser:
Why - There's no privacy anymore, I'm always being listened to by my devices (by design)

6) My iPhone 6S (less than 2 years old) runs out of battery in ~3 hours of usage, even with low brightness/battery settings enabled:
Why - The product is designed to have a short battery life, and high replacement costs coax consumers into "just purchasing the new iPhone instead of replacing the battery."

7) Having $5 or less on a gift card and not being able to access it because it can't buy anything:
Why - Unless you make a purchase with the gift card for a couple dollars, and cash/another card for the rest of the purchase, these spare dollars are never accessed.

8) The sponge becoming nasty when it isn't wrung out after usage:
Why - Most sponges are made to be very dispensable.

9) When the fridge door comes very close to closing but doesn't:
Why - For fridges whose hinges don't close it automatically or have strong magnets, there's no 'fresh seal' to the appliance

10) Folding laundry:
Why -  It's very time consuming; No device exists to make it easier

11) Only having a door lock:
Why - It's minimal home security; No products are highly marketed that easily attach to most doors.

12) Rolling up my headphones and them becoming damaged:
Why - The materials used to make them are subpar but the product themselves are expensive.

13) Rolling up my headphones and them becoming tangled:
Why - The material used to make headphones not only sticks to itself, but tangles easily because of it.

14) My phone case is very sturdy, but my phone is a brick:
Why - Few sturdy, well-made, and sleek phone cases exist for an affordable price.

15) My dog's fur gets everywhere:
Why - Lint rollers aren't marketed heavily/widely available yet 1/2 of the population owns dogs/cats.

16) Large cups not fitting into my cupholder:
 Why- No adjustment/attachment exists to modify cupholders to bear the size of larger cups.

17) Going to the pool/beach, not wanting to get a sunburn, but wanting to tan:
Why - I want to tan; Water resistant tanning lotion with sufficient SPF is hard to find, especially at a reasonable price.

18) Exercising at the gym and your headphone cables getting in the way:
Why -I can't afford wireless over-ear headphones, so cables are all I got. They could be clipped to my chest or something.

19) My phone doesn't have a climate sensor, aka something that can tell me the temperature of the room I'm in that isn't my thermostat:
Why - Sometimes just wanting to know the temperature without asking or looking is nice.

20) Pizza boxes are too simple:
Why - It's wasteful. They could easily dismantle and be used as plates for the pizza they hold if they were made differently, like with perforated cardboard for tearing. Still could recycle the cardboard afterwards too.


Reflecting back on this assignment, I found it difficult only at some points after listing things I knew to bother me a lot to list other items that bothered me less. I feel that being an observational person (and maybe a little pessimistic) made it easier to identify things that bug me in my day to day life. 

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