2A - Bug List

2A - BUG LIST

1. The canopies at The Ridge pool that were installed about a month ago are already turning yellow and dingy.
Why: Possibly not made with a high quality material and received minimal to no maintenance.

2. Why do the windows in my car still fog up/ why is there no system that regulates the right temperature/pressure in the car at all times.
Why: Environmental changes like humidity change rapidly and the cars can't adjust that fast.

3. Why do the tires on cars turn dull and dusty and not maintain their shiny black new-look.
Why: The wear and tear from the road and not properly shinning the tires on a routine basis.

4. Why does my bedroom window leak from the seams when it rains even just a little bit?
Why: Cheap construction and no universal code of windows for best performance.

5. The hardwood floors in my house are always crumby and don't do a very good job at hiding dirt.
Why: hardwood floors don't hide crumbs like carpet does.

6.  My fingers turn red when I eat Flaming Hot Cheetos.
Why: The "ingredients" in the Cheetos are strong.

7.  When you're physically the only person waiting at a stop light and it still takes forever to turn green.
Why: The stop light program runs on a timed sensors and it's sometimes useful for a break in traffic flow, but not when there's not any traffic.

8. Clothes are still shrinkable in the dryer in 2019.
Why: Basic cotton is still a huge material used to make all kinds of clothes.

9. Chapsticks always seem to disappear.
Why: they're a cheap and easily replaceable product, so easily neglectable.

10. Wanting too light a candle, but worrying about remembering to blow it out.
Why: I feel many people light and forget about candles and that could lead to some real damage.

11. The drinking fountain in The Ridge's gym that doesn't spray up and out very far and makes it hard and uncomfortable to get a drink.
Why: The water pressure is off. Regular scheduled maintenance might not have occurred.

12. One night the battery on the key fob for my apartment complex died and I was locked out of my house until they opened the next day.
Why: The property was hitting year three of operation and I feel like after about two years is when things start to break.

13. The line to use the SouthWest Gym is extremely long and one in, one out.
Why: New Year resolutioners are in full force.

14. How is the wifi still pretty bad in some areas? Some parts of Gainesville still have really bad connection.
Why: It's hard to maintain a strong wireless signal for far distances.

15. Every time I go to the bar down here in Florida, They think my Minnesota ID is fake.
Why: It's unusual to them, and around college towns they assume I'm using a fake ID to try to get in.

16. In Florida you can renew your ID's online with ease, Whereas to renew a Minnesota ID, you have to do it at a Minnesota DMV.
Why: Minnesota might have different laws than Florida when it comes to ID regulation.

17. I love the idea of the monthly subscription boxes and I subscribe to a few, but I feel like you never get anything you actually want in them.
Why: It may be hard to research the selected target market of a subscription box.

18. Why do major stores still use plastic bags when we know how hard they are to recycle?
Why: They are cheap and effective.

19. The forecast says it's sunny outside, but when you walk outside, it's raining. How is the forecast still inaccurate with all the new technology?
Why: Weather is unpredictable.

20. As a lifelong basketball player and fan, I like to wear basketball shoes, but major basketball shoe makers like Nike and Adidas use way to many bright colors in their designs and they are often unappealing to me.
Why: Bright colors are a trend right now and maybe eventually, they'll circle back to more traditional concepts.


I come up with "Bugs" all day every day, but as soon as I sit down to do this exercise, I draw a blank. This exercise was challenging for me, but I think I captured 20 things that have bugged me once or twice before. After coming up with my list of 20 "Bugs," I soon realized why most of them are still bugs today. There are some things that just can't be changed or re-worked differently to work better. The art of entrepreneurship was put into perspective with this exercise by making me realize that in order to first fix a problem, you have to identify a problem and then go even further and determine why it is a problem. I think as the semester goes on and we all get into the habit of thinking like an entrepreneur, exercises like these will become easier.