The Bug List: Chipotle, Crappy Service providers, and Apple

The list is as follows: 

1. 1.       Cell service providers like AT&T and Verizon being unable to provide plans that efficiently give clients access to the newest phones without demanding their limbs in return.
   a.       I think this problem exists because of consumer demand, over-priced valuation of the small changes each new release has and how carriers take advantage of the two
   2.       When the server at Chipotle skimps on the serving of meat!
   a.       Maybe in an effort to provide quick service, quality and quantity was forgotten?
   3.       When you ask an employee at Busch Gardens a question pertaining to the park or directions and they have no clue how to answer you or provide direction.
   a.       I’m thinking the training program could lack in promoting the retention of information and material
   b.      Maybe there is little to no training at all for new employees?
   4.       When someone says something but actually means another thing, like, say what you mean!
   a.       As language and conversation has changed maybe how things are talked about I’m supposed to know what people mean aside from what they say.
   5.       When KFC runs out of chicken… or any store runs out of their market product, like, HOW?!
   a.       The store manager could’ve guessed that less chicken would be sold in that month according to the sales/ inventory of the month prior.
   6.       Slow wi-fi
   a.       I assumed that technology would need less wi-fi to perform basic tasks as development furthered and that wifi would also get stronger with better routers.
   7.       When I feel like I have to do something that has absolutely no application to my future endeavors like statistics.
   a.       Perhaps I don’t yet see where I would need that knowledge or how I would need to understand something else
   8.       Getting on Netflix for it to say “there’s too many people on at the moment.
   a.       There should definitely be a way to check or monitor how many devices are on the Netflix account before trying to watch something or an alert or something
   9.       When people think you can automatically speak Spanish because you are Hispanic.
   a.       I think society has just perpetuated a stigma that being Hispanic also means speaking the language besides participating in all the other aspects of the culture
   10.   Not being able to download music straight onto my iPhone or not sync to iTunes and computers
   a.       I honestly have no idea why Apple doesn’t just take that away because I love the iPhone but would much rather not be a slave to everything else Apple…  
   11.   Calling an office only to be greeted by an automated person with prompts that make you punch in a few numbers before speaking to someone.
   a.       The automated service helps get people connected with the “right” people in most cases but I feel like human interaction gets a lot more done.
   12.   You ask someone not to do something and they do it anyway.
   a.       That’s like a straight up “eff you and your feelings”
   b.      People might still do it because they don’t understand why I asked them not to do it or maybe I haven’t gained enough of their respect as a peer
   13.   Not getting enough likes on social media (a problem almost everyone has and just doesn’t admit it)
   a.       I don’t think I’m using social media to its full potential or doing the right things to get people to look at be in invested in my content.
   14.   Waking up and not feeling revitalized: even after 8 hours.
   a.       I’m probably pushing my body to its limit more than I let it rest, and so 8 hours is not enough
   15.   When voice recognition turns my “lol” into “LOL” in my text messages.
   a.       The voice recognition probably can’t detect a difference in my voice to determine whether or not the acronym should be lower cased
   16.   GameStop giving you virtually pennies upon trade for something you spent hundreds of dollars on not too long ago.
   a.       The value decreases because of guns and butter yes but by that much? I don’t think so.
   17.   Cars costing so much but ultimately depreciating in value too
   a.       Technology is constantly being upgraded and improved so old cars become obsolete but if that’s so why make them so expensive in the first place?
   18.   When you made an order for delivery and when the delivery guy gets there something was forgotten.
   a.       The person preparing the order may have forgotten and the delivery maybe didn’t double check. In my opinion there should be a check process to ensure everything is always accounted for in every order.
   19.   When the line at the Starbucks in Marston library is out the door
   a.       Coffee is nice but is it really that good? Also are the baristas not fast enough or are their just that many orders?
   20.    When the barbershop is full and it takes about an hour and a half to get in the chair.
   a.       Usually there’s conversation and other things going on in a barbershop aside from hair being cut but should all that be happening if it’s extending the time of a haircut that should take 20 minutes 45 minutes or more.

Reflection:  I found this very difficult. Throughout the day and even in your life, you find things that do "bug" you. However, this exercise made me realize how little I vocalize or think about the cause of these pet peeves. Then, there’s the problem with listing twenty. At first, you think it isn’t a lot. Then, you sit down to do the assignment and have to ask yourself, "Do I even have twenty things that bug me and are they even worth putting down?" After putting to paper some of the things that bug me, I am even more interested in figuring out how they can change, if they are or aren’t changing already, and why.