Assignment 2 Bug List

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Bug list
Bug #1: Opening hours at the Florida Pool on Campus (it is only open for one hour in the morning and then it opens at noon again)
Why it exists: In order to keep the pool open the recreation center needs lifeguards, which costs a lot of money. There might be not enough guests in the morning, so that it won’t be worth paying a lifeguard.
Bug #2: Long queue at Walmart (2900 SW 42nd St, Gainesville, FL 32608) in the evening
Why it exists: A lot of people buy groceries before they return home from work. Although this Walmart has a lot of check-outs, there are still not enough for rush-hour and in addition checking-out takes a lot of time.
Bug #3: Empty shelves at Walmart (2900 SW 42nd St, Gainesville, FL 32608) in the evening
Why it exists: There are so many people going to Walmart during rush-hour that the employees do not have enough time to fill the empty shelves again. In addition there might not enough employees engaged during rush-hour.
Bug #4: Poorly equipped kitchen and dorms in Weaver Hall at the UF campus
Why it exists: The UF housing department might fear that the stuff gets stolen or is not be treated well. So everyone has to bring his own stuff and kitchen equipment.
Bug #5: Usage of plastic bags in US supermarkets
Why it exists: It’s very convenient for people to have their groceries packed in plastic bags, because they do not have to remind themselves of taking bags with them when going to the supermarket. They just get free plastic bags at the supermarket, although plastic bags are especially harmful to the environment.
Bug #6: No supermarkets on campus
Why it exists: Most of the students are making use of the dining halls and other restaurants like Subway, Starbucks etc. since they do not want or just do not have the equipment to prepare their own food. Thus, supermarkets might not attract enough customers. In addition supermarkets take a lot of space which might not be available or too expensive on campus.
Bug #7: User unfriendly website of the University of Mannheim (my home university)
Why it exists: The website is mainly for providing course content to the students. The university does not care much about the user-experience, because it’s only for students. Since students don’t have the choice whether to use the website or not (they just have to use it), the university might save the money for more important investments.
Bug #8: Everything is so far away in the US. You always have to use a car to get around
Why it exists: Compared to Europe, there is so much space in the US. I think that’s why the people tend to build such huge streets and do not try to limit the space they are using.
Bug #9: Bad public transportation, hardly any train system in the US
Why it exists: Since everything is so far away, going by train takes a while. Although I think it’s not the only reason, because there are a lot of bus providers too. And going by bus takes even longer.
Bug #10: Earphones get broken so easily especially at the part, where you put them into the phone
Why it exists: Producer try to use low cost material, which results in bad quality. Since this part of earphones is especially sensible, it may break at first.
Bug #11: So little vegetarian alternatives in fast food restaurants
Why it exists: I think most of the people who go to fast food restaurants, don’t care a lot about their nutrition. That’s why most of them might not be vegetarians and thus don’t demand vegetarian food in fast-food restaurants. Since supply and demand are matching, there are so little vegetarian alternatives.
Bug #12: Nuts are so expensive at the supermarket
Why it exists: It’s very expensive to produce nuts and most of the people who want to eat nuts, are willing to spend more money on them. That might be the reason why they are so expensive.
Bug #13: The coffee at the dining halls tastes nasty
Why it exists: The dining halls might try to cut costs where possible. This includes reducing the quality of foods and drinks and is maybe the reason for the bad coffee quality.
Bug #14: The water tastes like chlorine.
Why it exists: Maybe the city has not enough deep water reserves where they can draw there water from. It might be the case that they have to use so much chlorine to clear dirty water, that in the end, the cleared water tastes like chlorine.
Bug #15: Only few plug sockets at my room in Weaver Hall.
 Why it exists: Plug sockets are expensive to install. That might be the reason, why the architects or builders of weaver hall tried to install as less as possible.
Bug #16: No clear announcement in the buses at UF campus about which bus stop comes next
Why it exists: Maybe the bus drivers think that everyone who takes the bus knows exactly where the bus is going. In addition I think some bus drivers are too lazy to announce the bus stations properly.
Bug #17: The walls in Weaver Hall are so thin, that you can hear everything from the floor, the rooms next to my room and even the room above mine
Why it exists: I think it’s the cost argument again. Thicker walls are just more expensive.
Bug #18: There are no Victoria’s Secret stores in Europe, where you can buy underwear (except London)
Why it exists: To be honest, I am not sure why there are no stores with underwear, because there are so many women who would definitely buy VS underwear in Europe. But maybe it’s because of the customs or import tariffs in Europe or something.
Bug #19: Oftentimes I cannot watch German videos or movies here in the US (especially from German websites)
 Why it exists: I am not a tech specialist, thus I do not know the exact reason. But maybe it has something to do with licencing rights.
Bug #20: There are so many shootings in the US (last one in Jacksonville)
Why it exists: There are people with mental health problems everywhere around the world. But since it is legal to keep weapons in the US, these people get access to dangerous weapons more easily.
Reflection:
For me it wasn’t really difficult to create the bug list, since there are so many things I would like to change. Although sometimes these are really small things which could easily be changed. More difficult for me was the part with the “why it exists”, because sometimes I didn’t think about it before. It does make sense to think about it, although sometimes I get a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness because some points you can’t change on your own, but you need a whole bunch of people or even the government to change it.

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