Bug List

Everyday things that bug me:

1) Nail polish that chips too easily

Nail polish is essentially not a very strong paint. Because of this, it chips and even peels off within a couple of days. For people with fidgety fingers, it's a real problem.

2) Taking lids off of tightly sealed jars it too difficult

Not everyone has strong hand muscles! When I get to the point where I can't eat my food because the lid is on too tight, there's a problem. I understand that it's necessary to keep the food fresh, but it still bugs me.

3) Having to climb on the counters every time I need to get something out of the cabinets because I'm short. 

This is not a short person's world. Everything is proportioned according to the average height of a person. For those who are vertically challenged like me, it is very difficult to do some things.

4) Every time I try to make coffee with cream and sugar, it tastes different.

I can never get my coffee to taste the same as the day before. Either I put too much cream or not enough. It would be nice to have something that would make the perfect cup of coffee every day for me.

5) Textbooks are way too expensive for students. 

I know this is a problem that all students have. To have to pay a ridiculous amount of money in order to get a good grade is ridiculous. There should be a service that allows students to get cheaper textbooks.

6) Headphone cords get tangled. 

Every time I get my headphones out of my backpack, they are super tangled from being tossed around all the time. That means I have to spend valuable music-listening time detangling cords.

7) Apple chargers wear down.

The wires on the Apple chargers wear down to easily because the material is super soft. It would be nice if they were more durable.

8) Scuffing the front of my sandals when I walk.

I tend to scuff my feet sometimes when I walk, so the front ends of my sandals always look like they survived a shark attack.

9) When food burns my tongue because I get too excited to eat it. 

I don't know if it's just me, but I love food; and I get too excited to wait until the food cools down before I eat it.

10) When food goes bad and you have to throw it away because you forgot about it. 

I always forget about what food I have in the fridge. It would be nice if I had something that would take inventory for me.

11) Clumpy mascara

Yes, even the non-clumpy mascara still clumps. It doesn't feel to great when I have to pull eyelashes apart so that I don't look like Minnie Mouse with three big lashes.

12) When eye makeup accumulate in the corner of your eye

It happens to all of us; the flushing system of our eyes brings everything to the inner corner. When I wear makeup, I end up having a huge black clump in the corner of my eyes.

13) When the stuffing in your pillows gets uneven

I like fluffy pillows. However, sleeping on them tends to flatten them and spread out the stuffing. It would be nice f the stuffing would just stay put for once!

14) When Chuy's closes

Chuy's is by far my favorite restaurant. I think it needs to be 24 hours so that when I get those midnight cravings, Chuy's is an option.

15) People who talk with their mouth full

The bane of my existence. People feel the need to say what they have to say no matter if they just ate a huge forkful of pasta.

16) People who leave the bathroom light on

I am an environmentalist, and people who leave the bathroom light on when they aren't in there just makes me sad to think about all the energy that is being wasted. It would be nice if there were something that would remind us of that.

17) Hotel guests that complain too much

I work at the Residence Inn in Gainesville, and there really isn't an organized system for dealing with complaints. If there was some kind of system, it would make my life so much easier.

18) When I serve myself cereal and there is no milk left

I think everyone has this problem. Milk always runs out before cereal, making it very hard to enjoy my breakfast.

19) When I rub my eye and my contact moves out of place

With all the advancements in medical care today, I think we should be able to come up with a solution to the whole "I just rubbed my eye and my contact decided it wanted to be on the back of my eye. I think I offended it" thing.

20) When my phone runs out of memory

My phone only has 8G, so it makes it difficult when I have to go through and delete pictures every time I want to take new ones.


This assignment was a little difficult for me. When we go through our days, there are always little things that bug us. However, when we are forced to sit down and think about them, it becomes extremely difficult. When we go through our lives, the things that bug us become a part of everyday life, so we don't really pay attention to it. I think that is why it is so hard to come up with things that bug us; these things have just been engrained in our everyday life. I think if we stopped and thought about the world around us a little more, we will be more able to pinpoint what can be improved, which will make us better entrepreneurs not only in the corporate world, but in our own as well.