Friday, September 7, 2018

Assignment 2

BUG LIST

1. During off hours, main road traffic lights in Gainesville are too slow.
WHY: Traffic is heavy during rush hour, but slow on off hours. After 12am they turn to yellow signals, but this should happen sooner around 10pm.
2. Speed bumps in my apartment complex. 
WHY: Speed bumps keep people from speeding down the road, however the people that speed ignore the bumps anyways.
3. General difference in length of computer cables.
WHY: different equipment need different cables and length isn't a priority for most companies.
4. Entrances to commercial buildings on main roads like Newberry without dedicated turn lanes
WHY: Civil engineering is difficult and some places don't have the space or resources to make an entire new lane.
5. Having to go to the register while pumping gas on a busy day.
WHY: machines fail, so sometimes you have to pay and get your receipt inside.
6. Auto shops not giving you a specific time of completion
WHY: working on cars is tough sometimes, so its understandable that they have a window but cannot pinpoint when your car will be done.
7. Disconnected internet in my apartment with online classes.
WHY: There are a lot of tenants in my apartment complex, so sometimes things fail or work needs to be done. This is especially harmful to me because of my online classes.
8. General traffic in Gainesville on roads like Newberry, Archer, and 39th.
WHY: College town, few main roads, rush hour. It adds up.
9. Massive amounts of pollen in Gainesville in the spring.
WHY: There are a lot of plants around and it turns my car yellow.
10. Maintenance not giving me an exact window for their arrival.
WHY: there are a lot of people that need to be taken care of and sometimes they don't know when they can get to my place.
11. Certain businesses not responding well over email when asking about their own business.
WHY: Some places prefer phone calls or in person interaction, however email is the most common form of communication.
12. Buses not running on weekends when people work on weekends.
WHY: the buses are for students who need to get to school, so naturally they only run on school days.
13. Most restaurants in Gainesville closing after 10-11pm
WHY: Even though college kids stay out late, businesses need to have good hours for their workers.
14. Owning Microsoft Office does not allow you to upgrade your version.
WHY: They want to make money on each new version of word, power-point, excel they produce.
15. People not using their blinker while turning or switching lanes.
WHY: some people are focusing on the maneuver and forgetting to signal.
16. People on their phones while at a red light turning green
WHY: Rather than using it while moving, they will use their phone at a stoplight and not look up
17.  Windows auto updates during important lectures or assignments.
WHY: windows needs to update for important features so it decides to just automatically update when it chooses.
18. Console exclusive video games
WHY: certain publishers and developers have contracts with SONY and MS for exclusivity
19. Road construction during rush hour on 43rd. 
WHY: Certain times of day are better for work or it is too urgent to put off until the night.
20. Huge potholes on some main roads in Gainesville
WHY: Some holes get forgotten about or haven't been filled for a long time so they get worse and worse.

REFLECTION: This was sort of challenging as I really had to nitpick certain things that bug me. Normally in my daily life if something bugs me I try to find a good explanation as to why its happening to keep myself from getting too mad. So finding something that truly "bugged" me took some work. On the "WHY" section it was easy for me because of the aforementioned tenancy for me to find a cause. 

1 comment:

  1. Phillip, I found your "Bug List" quite interesting since 95% of what you mentioned also bothers me. It was easy to distinguish every bug since they were made bold. Specifically, I find #15 also very annoying since it slows down traffic and it can be dangerous. My constructive criticism would be that for a couple of your bugs you forgot to put two reasons why they bug you as Dr. Pryor mentioned in lectures although is not on the actual assignment requirements.

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