Tyler Mosley Bug List

1. The traffic on Archer Road near Butler Plaza is backed up during all hours of the day during most months. I have rarely been on that section of Archer and not been in stop and go traffic.

• Why? There are no right hand turning lanes into several of the shops and plazas within that stretch of road which causes people to slow down to turn right and forces everyone behind them to slow down as well. 
• Why? Butler Plaza is relatively new and it was most likely not anticipated how much traffic it would receive from students at the University so turn lanes were not put in place. Instead, several traffic lights were put in place. 
• Why? It was cheaper to install traffic lights than pave new turn lanes.
• Why? The cost of the traffic lights was most likely lower than cost of digging up sidewalks, closing parts of the road, and the cost of new asphalt and paint.
• Why? The labor cost and materials cost for paving and expanding a new section of road is too high, as well as the cost of slowing even more traffic for construction on the road.

2. I receive too many spam phone calls on my cell phone, at least one a day.

• Why? My personal phone number has been given to these companies somehow.
• Why? I sign up for games or apps on my phone that sell my phone number to these companies. 
• Why? I spend a lot of time on my phone and like to use apps to pass the time and never read the agreement forms.
• Why? I have too much free time and get bored so I use my phone to pass the time.
• Why? I procrastinate on work or school assignments which gives me that free time.

3. News networks and media outlets are far too biased when reporting stories, whether its too conservative or too liberal. For example, Fox News is too conservative or CNN is to liberal.

• Why? News and media outlets spin stories to please or entertain their specific audiences.
• Why? They want to keep their audience watching, listening, or reading.
• Why? They have a personal agenda to be either conservatively or liberally biased.
• Why? They are funded by advertisements from traditionally conservative or liberal companies and corporations.
• Why? The viewers are not paying for the service and the news outlets must make money somehow.

4. My cell phone dies just a few hours after I take it off of the charger.

• Why? The battery runs out of charge.
• Why? I don't charge it as often as I probably need to.
• Why? My phone charger is almost broken.
• Why? I left it outside in the rain.
• Why? I was using it outside and forgot to bring it in when it began raining.

5. It is very rare that I end up eating a home-cooked meal or something other than fast food.

• Why? It is faster, cheaper, and easier to get fast food through a drive through.
• Why? The ingredients to make a meal cost more money as well as the time spent to cook the meal is far more than the time it takes to get fast food.
• Why? Typically, those ingredients are higher quality than the fast food. Also, most of the fast food is pre-cooked so it takes less time.

6. Paying extra fees at the airport when your luggage is overweight.

• Why? There is a fee for your bag being overweight.
• Why? The airlines need to make up for money lost in other areas.
• Why? The airlines often cut costs of tickets and make up for it with other hidden fees
• Why? They need to have the lowest ticket prices in order to be competitive.
• Why? There are several airlines for consumers to choose from and they often only look at the lowest ticket price, regardless of fees.

7. The amount of potholes in my neighborhood cause my car to need realignment very often.

• Why? The potholes are wide and deep and usually unavoidable.
• Why? The city refuses to fix them?
• Why? My neighborhood is outside of the city limits.
• Why? The cost of living is cheaper outside of city limits.
• Why? There are fewer services provided by the city.

8. Having so many different passwords to different accounts and websites makes them very easy to forget.

• Why? Several websites have different password requirements or make you update your password every so often.
• Why? To protect your information and accounts.
• Why? Hacking has become a much bigger threat in recent years.
• Why? Hackers are able to find flaws in security systems put in place by websites.
• Why? Websites are not investing enough in counter-hacking and security measures.

9. My laptop freezes once or twice a week and causes me to lose anything I haven't saved.

• Why? There are too many files and programs that cause it to crash.
• Why? My memory is almost filled up.
• Why? I don't take the time to delete old files or invest in a larger memory storage.
• Why? It takes time and discretion to delete files and costs money to upgrade my memory.
• Why? I don't want to delete files I may need later and I need to use my money for other needs.

10. The line at the Publix deli on 34th Street becomes way to long when chicken tender subs go on sale.

• Why? Several students flock to the deli when the subs are on sale creating a long line.
• Why? The subs take a long time to make.
• Why? The ingredients are not always prepared and ready to be made into a sub when customers arrive.
• Why? There is no one prepping the ingredients while another employee makes the subs.
• Why? Publix doesn't add additional staff to the deli when the subs go on sale at this location.

11. My electives needed to graduate are filled up for the summer and fall semesters.

• Why? I had a late registration date and they were filled before I could register.
• Why? Priority to these classes is not always given to seniors who need these classes to graduate.
• Why? Registration dates are given based on credit hours.
• Why? I have a low number of credit hours for a senior.
• Why? I had to drop a class during sophomore year.

12. I could not get an adviser's opinion on which classes to sign up for in the fall and summer to keep me on track.

• Why? I am not in Gainesville so I cannot go to a meeting with an adviser.
• Why? I am working at home for the summer.
• Why? Emailing an adviser during registration and drop/add may take several days to get a reply.
• Why? Academic advising is not offered over the phone.

13. I was changing my car tire and the two of the five bolts snapped in half.

• Why? I put too much pressure on the tire iron.
• Why? The bolts were stuck because someone had cross-threaded them and I needed to get the nuts off.
• Why? The garage that installed my tires used either the wrong nuts, bolts, or put them on wrong.
• Why? It was a cheaper garage so they probably did not have the correct nuts and bolts or did not know they were installing them wrong.

14.  Getting cavities.

• Why? You have to get fillings at the dentist because you have a cavity.
• Why? Eating to many things bad for your teeth or not brushing and flossing enough.
• Why? Getting tired and lazy and forgetting to brush or eating candy and drinking soda.
• Why? Its easy to fall asleep and forget to brush your teeth or be in a rush and forget to brush them in the morning.
• Why? Not making brushing your teeth an essential part of a daily routine.

15. Limited parking on the UF campus for students.

• Why? There is only so much room for parking spaces and garages on campus.
• Why? A lot of the spaces and garages are for faculty or people other than students.
• Why? Professors, administrators, and other faculty and staff do not live on or very close to campus thus need a vehicle to commute and spaces to park, leaving limited space for students. 
• Why? There are 50,000 students at UF and at least half of them have a car and need to park it in the limited space there is.

16. My bedroom gets too hot to sleep in at night during fall semesters.

• Why? My room is poorly insulated and does not keep the room cool.
• Why? Nights in Gainesville are very warm.
• Why? The temperature itself is warm and I have a thick blanket.
• Why? I do not have a fan and my A/C is not powerful enough to keep my room cool enough.

17. Having a bad thunderstorm ruin a planned day of boating and fishing.

• Why? You shouldn't take a boat out in a thunderstorm
• Why? You forgot to check the weather of the day you planned to go on your trip.

18. When people I have a professional relationship with take longer than 3 business days to respond to an important email.

• Why? The emails often contain time sensitive questions, information, or remarks.
• Why? Without a reply, I often am not able to move forward with a job, task, or assignment in a timely manner.
• Why? I may miss a deadline or become behind due to a late reply.

19. Talking to automated machines when trying to reach a customer service representative at Bank of America.

• Why? I needed to cancel my lost card and get a new one and wanted to talk to a real person.
• Why? Bank of America implemented automated responses to save money.
• Why? They made it very difficult to get to a customer service representative.
• Why? I had to go through several different automated responses and questions to get to a real person.
• Why? There was no option to forgo the automated responses and speak directly to a customer service representative.

20. The line at the DMV to get or renew a driver's license is always several hours long.

• Why? Most people need a license whether to have a form of ID or to drive.
• Why? The DMV is the place to go if you lose or need to renew or need to obtain a license. 
• Why? There are only a few staff members working whenever I have been.
• Why? The process can take several minutes to complete.
• Why? They need to verify address, identity, take your picture, and make the license.

Reflection :

I found this assignment difficult in respect to asking the "Whys" more than coming up with things that bug me. I am aware of a lot of the things that bug me but once I had to start asking why, I found it difficult because there were so many different reasons and they didn't always follow one another as to a sequence. The last 7 or 8 were extremely difficult while the rest were very easy for me.