Timmy's Bug List

1. The annual increase in rent paid at apartment complexes

Why the bug exists: Due to the increasing supply and demand of apartment complexes in Gainesville and inflation of money, this causes the prices of rent for apartments to rise. Additionally, it is in the company’s best interest to increase prices to make a profit off the people living in the apartment complexes.

2. Trying to park between 10 am and 2 pm in motorcycle/scooter parking near Library West

Why the bug exists: The limited space of parking near a popular location that is also surrounded by buildings in which students have classes in. The lack of parking causes students not being able to park and eventually being late for a class or an exam. The University should add more spaces to the motorcycle/scooter parking area near Library West to help avoid this issue. Also, UF could add more spaces near the area of Heavener hall.

3. The way students parks their scooters right up on your vehicle just so then they can park

Why the bug exists: The lack of parking that the university offers makes people park their scooters all up on each other’s vehicles. People do this so they will be able to make it to their location on time. This could cause damage to yours or the other person’s vehicle.

4. During the day, certain buses have horrible run times and only show up every hour thus either making you an hour early for class or 10-15 mins late.

Why the bug exists: The profit that RTS makes is not enough to pay extra bus drivers to drive these routes to increase the frequency of these buses. Also, the bus system could just be allocating their resources to different and more popular routes. The university could send RTS more money, since a lot of students use this service, and this will help more buses fix the bad frequencies of other routes.

5. Slow drivers in the left lane holding up traffic

Why the bug exists: When coming up to an on-ramp on the highway, this causes the tractor-trailer truck to move over into the middle lane and then the slower traffic from the middle lane to move into the left lane. These slower cars slow down the faster upcoming traffic in that left lane and bogs down traffic. This is a safety hazard that could cause accidents and injuries.

6. The number of people inside bars at midtown on a Wednesday night

Why the bug exists: The bars try to get as many people inside so they can make more money off the large crowd. Then the bar will become overcrowded with the people they let enter. This becomes a fire and a safety hazard for everyone inside because of the lack of space inside can cause people to be injured or not be able to move in the event of an emergency.

7. While at the gym, people that grunt loudly

Why the bug exists: People push themselves hard when working out and they are forcefully pushing out the air that they are breathing. This will make them grunt, but they are most likely wearing headphones, so they are not aware that they are making those sounds. They also don’t know that they are bothering the people around them, so they keep making those sounds.

8. My roommate that doesn’t clean his dishes after using them

Why the bug exists: People are raised differently where some kids don’t do their dishes when finished eating and their parents do them, or kids do their dishes after using them. Also, a different reason this exists is that the person is just lazy and doesn’t want to do their dishes at the moment and then they just forget in the end. When they don’t do their dishes, it causes clutter in the kitchen and the sink, and then it will attract bugs to the dirty dishes.

9. People that don’t clean up after themselves

Why the bug exists: The people that do this sometimes think they’re different and other people will clean up after them. This causes more work to be done by others to help keep an area clean. Additionally, this could just as easily be because those people are lazy as well and just don’t want to clean up after themselves.

10. People not flushing the toilet after they use it

Why the bug exists: Some people if they are in a rush just forget to flush the toilet after they use it. Other people do not flush after they use the bathroom because they believe they are spreading fewer germs, saving water, money or the planet. Not flushing can leave the bathroom having an odor that disgusts people out. 

11. Drivers at traffic lights and not going when the light turns green.

Why the bug exists: The drivers are distracted either by their phone, other people or other drivers that are on the road. Also, the drivers could just not be paying attention to the road which is bad because this can cause accidents for the people that are behind this car. 

12. Slow scooter riders on a one-lane road that it makes traffic go so slow.

Why the bug exists: Most scooters that students have get up to about 40 MPH or less, so they can drive the speed limit and drive on the roadway. The way scooters are made is to be able to make short transportation easier, so they don’t go that fast. Which this holds up traffic, and they should make a different lane for scooters on one-lane roads to help ease the flow of traffic.

13. The two lights on 34th between 2nd avenue and University avenue goes so fast that backs up traffic

Why the bug exists: These traffic lights run on a timed schedule which makes the lights go at an even schedule for all ways to eliminate as much traffic as possible. The schedule for the lights is quick for certain sides, and they should be longer for the more popular and busy directions that people are driving. Organizing the light schedule better helps eliminate traffic during busy times of the day.

14. When you are trying to do an assignment or quiz for a class and your laptop freezes, and you must restart it.

Why the bug exists:  You have too many things open at once while doing the assignment/quiz, so your computer overheats, and you will have to give it a break. Also, your computer is due for an update, so it will get really slow after not getting restarted for a while. The computer’s battery might not be good anymore, so then this will cause it to freeze.

15. The bad reliability and speed of Cox Wi-Fi making it perform poorly in your house

Why the bug exists: One reason is that there are multiple devices connected to the router which is causing your Wi-Fi to be slow. Give out your password to a select amount of people or only connect certain devices to help it run smoothly. Additionally, the plan that you have with the company that installed your router could have some limitations that you don’t know about. Also, the router is too far away from you and the device that you are trying to connect to it.

16. The landlord of my house takes forever to respond to the problems and then doesn’t fix those problems until way later

Why the bug exists: The landlord doesn’t know how to fix some of the problems and so he won’t respond to the text messages about what’s wrong with the house. Also, the landlord could not have the money to be able to repair the current problem at the house, so a temporary fix is implemented. That landlord could be showing negligence towards his properties as well and thus won’t repair the problems. A landlord should try to take care of his properties and his tenants as well as he can because of that effects if they sign back to live at the house again.

17. People that fail to check their mirrors sufficiently for motorcycles when merging

Why the bug exists: Motorcycles are smaller than cars so then are hidden to most drivers on the road. They can be in a driver’s blind spot and that driver will not know unless they check twice for them. Also, drivers could be careless and just merge without even a good glance and that will negatively impact other drivers. 

18. When fellow employees don’t show up for work without advance notice

Why the bug exists: Those employees could have gone to bed late and then overslept the entire shift so they couldn’t have known they were going to miss the shift. Also, these employees probably are dissatisfied with the company that they work for or they would’ve at least let someone know they won’t be there. The employees have plans that they know they couldn’t get off from work for, so they just do it and not let anyone know. 

19. Going to sleep early the night before then almost falling asleep in class in the afternoon.

Why the bug exists: That previous night of sleep wasn’t a good REM cycle of sleep. This could mean you might be waking up in the middle of your REM cycle. A REM cycle lasts one and a half hours, so if you wake up before that then you could be groggy and then eventually get tired throughout the day. 

20. Driving over a pothole in the road when going home one night

Why the bug exists: After it rains when the water gets into the pavement and deteriorates the pavement from underneath it. When that water freezes and then melts and a car goes over it, the car will leave a hole in the road. This can cause blown tires and injures to drivers on the road.

Reflection:

   After writing this list of bugs I encountered a couple of challenges with coming up with this list. At first, after reading the directions for the assignments one of the challenges was thinking of the things that have bugged me previously. After sitting down and putting thought into things that got onto my nerves, I could think of more of them quickly. When coming to the end of the list is when it got more difficult because there were things that didn’t come to mind right away. The second challenge I came to is when writing my bugs were the part for “why” they exist. I found this part challenging at certain times because for some bugs some people won’t know why they exist without some research on the topic.

   However, the assignment, in my opinion, was not all that difficult. This is because once you started to get into the zone while doing the assignment then it became easier as you went along. This bug assignment was very interesting to complete because it got me to notice the world around me more and notice the problems that could be fixed. Then after noticing that problem that bugs you, I started to think more in-depth about a solution that could be implemented to fix the problem.