Blog Post #2: Assignment 2A - Bug List

Hey everyone!

Here is my "Bug List", a list of 20 things, occurrences, personality traits, etc. that annoy me:

1. When at a red light and driving in the far right lane and the car in front of you doesn't know that they can turn right on red!
1. Why: When drivers are stuck at a red light, they tend to go on their cell phones and not pay attention to their surroundings.
2. When you're having a conversation with someone and they tell the same story twice.
1. Why: Sometimes the speaker will forget that they had already told a certain story and have nothing better to say.
3. At work, one of your coworkers is being lazy and not doing his job well so you have to work twice as hard.
1. Why: Your coworkers passion for a particular line of work may not be on the same level as your own.
4. A person that acts too energetic and happy.
1. Why: The person may be trying to show a fake personality because they feel insecure about how they are perceived by others.
5. People that try to seem like a "know-it-all".
1. Why: People try to portray themselves as smart to their peers because they think it'll give them a sense of power and/or for the sense of appraisal.
6. A light being on in a room that isn't being used.
1. Why: People using the room previously forget to turn off the light.
7. People with terrible body odor when in public areas.
1. Why: People don't care enough about themselves to maintain good hygiene and/or cannot afford products necessary for avoiding poor body odor.
8. People with extremely high-pitched laughs.
1. Why: Genetics, where we grew up, and by whom are contributing factors to how our laughs are developed.
9. People who leave their dirty dishes in the sink and don't clean them.
1. Why: Cleaning your dirty dishes can be a tedious task that may not seem very important at the time.
10. When I have an itch I cannot scratch.
1. Why: There are certain parts of our bodies that we cannot reach with our limbs.
11. The Internet freezing while trying to type something.
1. Why: The device being used is trying to process and accomplish too many things at once.
12. Having to repeat myself more than once to someone I'm speaking to.
1. Why: The person I'm speaking to isn't listening to me or focused on something else.
13. Getting called the wrong name when first meeting someone.
1. Why: They thought they heard a different name being said when introduced.
14. Asking someone to do something and they forget to do it.
1. Why: They have a poor memory or what you asked them to do was not a priority for them.
15. Being woken up in the middle of night obnoxiously loud people.
1. Why: People go to bed at different times and speak at different volumes.
16. People that make plans to hangout with you, but then cancel at the last minute.
1. Why: They want to hangout with you, but it doesn't take precedence over other, more important things.
17. House pets that go to the bathroom inside of the house.
1. Why: The pets are not properly house-trained.
18. Restaurants that mess up what I order, causing the time it takes for me to get my food to increase greatly.
1. Why: The employees preparing the food are not paying enough attention to what they are making and/or do not know how to make the food.
19. People borrowing my stuff without asking.
1. Why: My peers are jealous/need what I have but are too uncomfortable with asking me to borrow it.
20. Sitting in the middle seat on an airplane and one of or both of my arm rests are being occupied by the people sitting next to me.
1. Why: Not enough people are aware of "plane etiquette".

Personally, I found this assignment to be quite challenging. When I'm out in my everyday life, it's easy for me to see something, be able to identify it, and say "That bugs me". However, when I'm sitting on my couch at my apartment, trying to recall certain instances where I have been annoyed in the past, it is much more difficult than I had anticipated.