Assignment 2A-Bug List

Assignment 2A-Bug List

1. When I do not receive the food I ordered at a fast-food restaurant.                                      Why it exists: Fast-food workers have to be quick when making orders. The person working as the consolidator may get overwhelmed by the many different orders given to them, which leads to mistakes.

2. Driving at 5PM because of the bumper to bumper traffic                                                     Why it exists: Five o’clock is the time of day when most Americans leave work. As a result, traffic at five in the afternoon is one of the worst times to be out driving.

3. The lack of parking on campus.

  Why it exists: Due to the large student body at UF, there is never going to be enough parking space for students. Also, many apartment buildings take up much-needed space that could be used for more parking garages.

4. My inability to turn a profit on my Robinhood account.                                                     Why it exists: I love to invest in extremely dangerous option contracts in order to possibly receive high returns. However, these options usually expire worthless because of the lack of volume for the stocks I pick. Additionally, I tend to trust my gut feeling at the time, which is generally wrong.

5. Having to take Business Finance and get at least a B.                                                         Why it exists: The University of Florida mandates that I take Business Finance and receive at least a B letter grade in order to continue being a finance major.

6. Price surging on Uber near an airport                                                                                  Why it exists: Since so many people just got off their flight and may not have access to a car for travel, Uber decides that they can increase their regular prices due to the law of supply and demand. There is much demand for transportation but not enough supply of Uber drivers.

7. Begging Hobos that follow you in India.                                                                            Why it exists: In India, Hobos will follow you even when you tell them not to. They do this because they generally have little or no money, shelter, or food. The extreme poverty of this nature is caused by mental illness, lack of jobs, and many other conditions.

8. People looking down at their phones while they are driving their cars.                             Why it exists: Many people have no self-control when it comes to their phones. A person with a cell-phone addiction may have trouble sleeping, which impacts their basic thinking skills that would usually prevent them from picking up their phones while they are driving.

9. The smell of my apartment                                                                                                  Why it exists: My apartment is over forty years old. As a result of weathering over the years and horrible upkeep, the building has deteriorated. Mold is a problem in the complex, which is likely one of the reasons for the smell.

10. My inability to land an internship at Morgan Stanley as an Investment banker.               Why it exists: My GPA is not as competitive as required by Morgan Stanley. Also, I am not from a target school, and I am not in the Master of Science in Finance program at the University of Florida. Lastly, I was told I looked tired and had “low energy” at the interview.

11. HR People that take a long time to make their final decision                                            Why it exists: Being a member of the HR department at any company requires one to do a tremendous amount of work. The process of selecting a candidate for any given position takes into account many details and interviews and candidates, leading to a long wait time.

12. Accelerated Climate change                                                                                               Why it exists: A combination of human actions such as the burning of fossil fuels through driving a car, heating a home, or cooking on a stove and also natural changes in the Earth’s climate over time.

13. Pollution of our ocean, lakes, and air                                                                                 Why it exists: Many developed nations like the United States and developing nations like India and China pollute the air and water through the burning of fossil fuels, the dumping of waste into rivers, and ditching of trash into the ocean.

14. When Walmart is crowded in Gainesville at the beginning of the semester                      Why it exists: Many students are coming back from their breaks and usually need food, or notebooks, or pens, or whatever supplies that are available at Walmart.

15. Advertisements on YouTube videos                                                                                   Why it exists: In order to generate revenue from published videos, YouTube will place advertisements at the beginning and end of any given video.

16. Paid Ad-ons for video games                                                                                             Why it exists: To get more revenue from what used to be a one-time purchase, some video game  companies have made it harder to level up (which can be bought with money) and created new content in the form of more maps for additional money.

17. Requiring students to purchase a code to have access to class material                           Why it exists: To make more money for large book companies.

18. The constant increase of rent in Gainesville.                                                                    Why it exists: The companies that own these apartments in Gainesville know that there is a large demand to live off-campus due to the horrific state of the dorms. Thus, they can continue to increase prices because of this factor.

19. The increasing amount of advertisements on websites                                                     Why it exists: Website owners can make serious revenue through the significant number of ads they allow on their sites.

20. Taxes on my income and trades I make in the stock market                                             Why it exists: Taxes pay for roads, transportation, schools, and much more. Without taxes, there would be no functioning U.S. government.

Reflection: I found it quite difficult in the beginning to come up with all of the examples of things that bug me. However, once I drank a cup of coffee, talked to my dad about things that I was annoyed with, and began going through the process of choosing the items, then it got extremely easy. To make it simpler, I decided to use the trick that was used by the writer of the Bug List example given by the professor.  All in all, it took two hours to get my list completed.