Why?
- People refuse to be courteous enough to agree upon a set location to leave the remote.
- The remote easily falls between cushions
- TV remotes are usually darkly colored, making them even harder to find.
Why?
- People are just walking in random directions.
- Bikers sometimes speed through there, causing people to abruptly stop or dodge for their lives.
- People texting and walking.
- People are trying to avoid the clubs tabling out there.
Why?
- Rush hour traffic
- Too many one-lane roads
- Inconsiderate drivers who won't allow the buses to merge back into traffic flow.
- Some stops are awkwardly placed on the routes.
Why?
- Some require certain button combinations that can be difficult to manage.
- You have to time everything perfect in order to get somewhat of the correct time on there.
- They progressively get farther from the real time.
- Be careful not to accidentally press any wrong buttons that will mess up your synchronization.
Why?
- People don't take the time to properly wrap up their headphones, because it is a tedious task and often times the headphones will get unwrapped.
- Cords are not very durable.
- Cords get caught on objects (like doorknobs) when you're just trying to enjoy some music.
Why?
- The movement from running causes the headphones to fall out.
- Hands can catch the headphone cord and violently rip the headphones out of your ear (which is the worst feeling in the world and will just ruin your motivation to run)
- Even the headphones that wrap around your ear or somehow attach to your face still don't always work, and can be uncomfortable.
Why?
- In most houses and buildings, outlets can only be placed on walls.
- Most of the time, the number of people needing to charge their devices will often out number the amount of power outlets available.
- Some power outlets are awkwardly placed in a way that not all of them can be utilized.
Why?
- Many pillows don't have good head and neck support, leading to restless nights and exhausting days.
- Pillows that do have good head/neck support can be ridiculously expensive, so of course not everyone is willing to pay that much for a pillow.
Why?
- Leading cause for misplacing keys is people sub-consciously placing them in a random place.
- Keys can sometimes manage to slip out of peoples pockets.
- Not everyone likes to use key hooks.
Why?
- Socks and other small articles of clothing can go unnoticed if they are dropped.
- Small clothing (especially socks) can get caught in the dryer, leaving you with a ton of single socks.
- Socks and other small pieces of clothing can get sucked into the agitator in washing machines.
- Socks can get caught in the sliding seal of the dryer or washer.
Why?
- Garbage disposal opening is big enough that silverware can easily fall into there unnoticed.
- Once silverware is in there, it can go unnoticed until you turn on the garbage disposal.
- People often just toss all of there dishes into the sink without taking time to separate the silverware into a dish holder.
- The garbage disposal has no sort of cover to prevent this.
Why?
- Food can spoil at different rates in a container, making it difficult to keep track of whether or not it has spoiled.
- Some containers allow you to write the dates of the food inside, but some people can forget to write down the dates.
- Even knowing the date of when the food was cooked won't tell you if the food has gone bad.
Why?
- The Sun cooks the entire inside of the car, especially everything on the dashboard including the steering wheel.
- The windshield cover doesn't completely keep out the Sun's heat, especially when the Sunlight is shining through the rear window or side windows.
- Steering wheel covers can help, but there are a lot of people out there who don't like to use these.
Why?
- Show cleaning kits/shoe cleaning solutions can get kind of expensive.
- The process of actually cleaning the shoe can be annoying (depending on the type of shoe).
- Dirt and stains on white shoe
- There are "home remedies" for cleaning shoes, but those are usually just as much of a pain if not more than the kits.
- Shoes are practically impossible to completely clean.
Why?
- Using your awkward hand to put on nail polish on your good hand is difficult to do.
- Women are used to using their writing hand to apply nail polish, so one hand will almost always come out better than the other.
- Brushes can be difficult to utilize, leading to more mishaps.
- (Again all of this information was from my sister)
Why?
- The nozzle is placed a little bit above the very bottom of the container, preventing that last little bit of drink from coming out.
- The containers don't have a funnel shape that leads to the nozzle on the container.
Why?
- The little switch to press to release the spray is placed right above where the spray comes out, so of course its going to get a bit on your fingers.
- Most of the bottles don't have a long nozzle.
Why?
- The pieces are so small that once they are dropped, there is a good chance that they are gone forever.
- Small screws and nails can be hard to hold onto.
- Drill bits and ratchet attachments are not easy to keep organized if you don't have the right case.
Why?
- You have to take batteries to an Office Depot or Staples to recycle them.
- Some people can't find the time to do that.
- There is not a more convenient way for people to recycle batteries in the same way as they recycle paper and plastic.
Why?
- The skinniness of the hangers is what causes the creases to form in the shoulders of shirts and down the pants.
- If they are hanging for a long period of time, the clothes will crease.
- Shirts can also stretch out a little bit if they hang for a long period of time.
The most difficult part of this assignment was just finding these problems. I didn't realize how tedious this could be. However, after finding the first ten to twelve problems, I found that it was somewhat easier to find the last few.
Dakota, your bug list was quite humorous to read. It was so well organized and wondered if you secretly enjoyed creating this list.
ReplyDeleteI have to say after reading your list I felt I left some things off my own, such as the silverware falling into the garbage disposal. What I hate is when my kids start it and I hear that grinding noise which means another spoon or fork has bit the dust. Why doesn’t anyone check before starting? Ugghhhh
The sock scenario is a pet peeve of mine when doing the laundry (number 17 on my list). I could almost buy your list as plausible reasons if it wasn’t a case of I am the one washing the clothes and I am the one who empties the drier, therefore, the missing sock must mean it was never thrown in the hamper in my own family’s case.
Don’t even get me started on the missing keys. My husband refuses to place the house key on the same key ring for his car. So he always throws them down and cannot find them.
I love the lists of why’s you provided and could easily relate to each of your scenarios listed.
I would have to also agree that I had difficulty as you did in creating the list because it is not something clearly you nor I focus on. I posted the same within my blog. Here is my link if you want to take a peek.
http://sonjasevolution.blogspot.com/2016/01/bug-list.html