Assignment 2A- Bug List

Bug List

1. When all the raquet ball courts at Southwest are full, but they still give you equipment

WHY it exists: There are only 5 courts, but there is a lot of equipment, so that the most people can use the courts at once, but they do not keep track of how many people go in there, causing a waiting problem.

     2. Parking at the Reitz union after 6 pm 

WHY it exists: The parking restriction is lifted after 5 pm for students without a parking decal, and all club meetings that are held in the student are at the same time, the problem is that there is not parking spaces and most of them are blocked of for the hotel but they are vacant.

3. When people are in a study room and are making noise

WHY it exists: The study rooms in the library are a great idea but when people go in there they seem to forget that it is not a sound proof room, and that the walls are actually really thin, which could be easily improved. 

   

    4. The computers in Marston being so closely packed together 

WHY it exists: The first floor of the library has the bulk of the computers at Marston, and they are all packed together tightly, the problem there is that it becomes hard to do homework when there are people on top of you, the layout needs to be revised.

5. People who are yelling on the phone at the gym while sitting on equipment

WHY it exists: It is understandable that people use their phone while they are at the gym, but there should be a a wait system so people who are trying to use a machine can reserve it from someone who is not really using the machine

6. When some lectures do not come with a option for closed captions

WHY it exists: Despite being a huge problem for people with disabilities and them needing the closed captions, sometimes there are professors that are harder to understand or the concepts are difficult, there needs to be a program tracking if videos are accessible for everyone

7. When the bus app glitches and tells wrong times

WHY it exists: The app does not update properly with the way that the bus is running and instead of thinking you are going to catch the bus on time, you miss it because it just go to the spot.

8. Bathrooms in public areas that are completely dirty

WHY it exists: There is a lot of foot traffic going to those restrooms, they are not serviced frequently so there is pee all over the floor, wet paper waded up on the floor, this creates a huge sanitation problem.

9. Being in a packed lecture hall and trying to use the WiFi

WHY it exists: Those common curriculum classes are packed in these giant lecture halls, trying to use the WiFi to access canvas or a website the professor asks for becomes impossible because servers start to go down, there is too many people in one area trying to access the same site.

10. Different professor asking to buy different versions of question answering services

WHY it exists: It would be easier on every student for both their sanity and their wallets, if all the professors in say the science department decided to use for example TopHat, instead of having to purchase a subscription for 3 different sites that all do the same.

11. Classes being held after 7pm at night

WHY it exists: There are some people that need to take classes at night because of their schedule but it should not be the case that certain classes or lab are only held at this time, because the buses are no longer running and it gets dark out.

12. The lack of street lights heading to Carr Hall

WHY it exists: Walking into that building at later hours of the day is dark and extremely dangerous for someone traveling alone, especially young women. There is no sense of safety trying to walk into that building alone at night. 

   13. Trying to call your doctor back after they left you a message about results

WHY it exists: Sometimes you miss your doctors call because you are in class or working, but you call them back to have the nurses tell you the doctor is busy. The cycle continues you over several hours or days of trying to contact them the whole time worried about what could be wrong, the whole system is flawed.  

    14. Ordering food only to have the driver cancel after not being able to find their building

WHY it exists: For the driver it is easier to just cancel the ride saying that they were not sure how to find the apartment than to just call and clarify. Leaving me without food and they have it. 

   15. Mopeds not yielding to pedestrians at crosswalks 

WHY it exists: Mopeds seem to believe that they are not vehicles, and that when they are the busy crosswalks on campus will just continue to go as people are walking, wanting to hit anyone because there is nobody to stop them .

   16. People parking there mopeds all the way into a sparking spot and almost hitting them

WHY it exists: Most places do not have parking for mopeds or motorcycles so they have to take up a spot for a car, it is scary and frustrating to think you found a spot only to have to break before hitting one of those things

    17. The clubhouse in Gainesville Place not having any outlets to use at the booths 

WHY it exists: The study lounge is small and usually packed, so when you want to study with a group in the clubhouse area and you sit at one of the booths there is a time limit because of the laptops run out of battery. 

   18. The lines outside of clubs being long and disorderly

WHY it exists: The club inside is at full capacity, the bouncers are not letting anybody in and the line is a mass of people outside, the organization is lacking and it becomes a huge safety risk.   

    

   19. Displays at target being in the middle of the aisle, causing traffic 

WHY it exists: Those stands are there because they want to draw attention to new products or sales but they are these large bulky displays that don't allow people to walk through that area, making traffic on busy days. 

20. People who cross solid white lines when here is more than enough space to no do that 
WHY it exists: Solid white lines are meant to not be crossed that is exactly what why they are there to keep traffic flowing, and even tho there is space for the car to cross before they do it at the solid white line at the worst possible moment.      

Reflection:

The assignment started of pretty easy than got more and more tiresome as I had to think of problems that could have a workable solution, instead of being about social problems that I found bothered me. A lot of this had to do with first wanting to find big problems and wanting to identify them, but the assignment became easier when I stopped and decided to focus on the small inconveniences that I was experiencing. I realized that a lot of the problems I was writing out had to do with the way that existing conditions in my life, or just the way that things work feeling outdated. As I look over them I see that most of these have workable solutions that can be achieved and would benefit several people.