My "Bug List"

1.) The line at the light on 34^th street always gets backed up and others try to cut in as well.

Because the lanes switch to one, only so many people can make the light when it turns green and people try to skip because they don’t want to wait.

2.) After waiting for an avocado to finally ripen and the pit inside is huge, leaving me with little avocado “meat” to actually eat!

There are many different types of avocados, some with commonly larger pits. An avocado is reliant on the seed for growth, so the bigger the seed the more mature an avocado is. 

3.) Dunkin Donuts puts too much creamer and sugar in coffees, making them sickeningly sweet.

Because many consumers like products to be overly sweet.

4.) Windshield wipers skipping across during a rainy drive makes my windshield unclear, which limits my sight.

The Florida sun dries out the rubber on the wipers

5.) Apple’s manufacturing of iPhones with glass screens makes my screen shatter after the smallest drop.

Broken Apple products allow Apple to make additional money repairing the electronics and also open opportunities for other businesses to make money from replacing them.

6.) When a Chipotle worker questions me because I insist that I don’t want any meat in my burrito bowl.

Chipotle’s “norm” customer is a meat eater, so just wanting vegetables must be unexpected.

7.) The telephone customer service technology that banks use makes banking issues take much longer and drawn out than immediately speaking to a person.

Automated machines are more cost effective than customer service representatives.

8.) After getting a manicure and I snag my freshly painted nails when driving my car.

Fresh nails need time to harden so they don’t get easily nicked or chip.

9.) Paying extra for express shipping on an online order and the delivery is delayed.

Some packages can be misplaced, lost in transit, incorrectly labeled (UPS Ground instead of Express), or the order took a long time to process.

10.) The predictable timeline of romance movies: start as a deep love, a disastrous fight occurs, and then the couple rekindles their love and live happily ever after.

Romance movies try to exemplify that true love conquers all. The plot also makes viewers bond with the couple and have hope for them to get back together.

11.) After visiting retail websites and Facebook instantaneously has ads of those retailers.

Because Facebook collects user data by tracking actions on third-party websites Facebook is associated with.

12.) When the host says the to go order will be ready in about 15 minutes and you arrive but the foods isn’t close to being ready.

Service always varies in timeliness; the host could’ve under calculated the time it would take to complete the order, the cooks might’ve had to redo the order, or peak times result in longer waiting times.

13.) When a commercial is much louder than the television program to get a viewer’s attention.

It’s an effective advertising technique to get a viewer to see the commercial.

14.) When there are 10 or more checkout lines in a grocery store but only 3 are open.

Workers may be on break or a store could be under staffed.

15.) When a potato chip bag has more air in it than it has chips.

All of the air is supposed to keep the potato chips from becoming stale.

16.) Not being able to dry my hands in a public bathroom because the paper towel dispenser is empty.

The workers may have overlooked the bathroom.

17.) The car mechanics always telling me I need additional services even though I know they’re unnecessary.

They want to further the sale and capitalize on the fact that I lack knowledge about cars.

18.) Having to watch a full YouTube video ad instead of being able to skip it after a few seconds.

Aside from YouTube offering different advertising formats for businesses, it seems as though YouTube is becoming similar to television in the aspect of commercials.

19.) Investing in a life proof phone case in hopes of it staying in tact for a long period of time, yet little pieces of it begin to break off, defeating the purpose of the case.

Faulty and defective manufacturing of the cases.

20.) When a newly purchased jewelry piece breaks only after one wear.

      Lower quality jewelry is mass-produced and shouldn’t be expected to be long lasting.

Creating a bug list about situations that are out of my control became quite difficult towards the middle and end. Most of my bugs are somewhat minuscule, which I am happy about because that means things are usually content in my life and nothing detrimental bugs me.