2A - Bug List

Below, you will find my 20 Bugs. After much thought, I see myself thinking about the different things that bother me, and the different solutions that I would see them. Hope you like it!

1. A place to hang out with a dog indoors while the owner can do homework or study. 

I always find myself needing a place to study, that is not my apartment, with my dog, and the only place I can do that is the outside of a Starbucks or coffee shop. This bug exists because a location like this does not exist.

2. At the Walmart on Butler road, there will be a super long line at the self check out (where there are about 8 of them), and an even longer line at the 2 registers (out of about 16) that are available. 

This issue bugs me because Walmart should either make more self checkout stations, or spend the extra capital and have a few more employees to reduce the check out wait time. 

3. I do not like the fact that I have to wear sneakers in the weight room at Southwest Recreation Center. Despite the safety hazard, I believe that it should be the responsibility of the individual for their own safety.

This bugs me because of the lack of personal liability the gym gives to its customers. If I want to not wear sneakers in the weight room, I should be allowed to do so. 

4. When I walk my dog in Gainesville, I always find other dog poop in the grass. 

This bugs me because owners should pick up their dog poop, and that Gainesville should have a regulation that either a. fines dog owners for not picking up after their pets or b. have a dog poop cleaning service for the grass owned by the city of Gainesville. 

5. The inefficient traffic lights around the city of Gainesville. It appears that if you stop at one red light, you stop at all of them.

This bugs me because the stoplight system should allow for more efficient traffic flow, so it does not take an individual 30+ minutes to go around town during rush hour. Industrial engineers would be able to increase efficiency and mitigate this issue. 

6. It is incredibly difficult to find a healthy, inexpensive salad in Gainesville.

This bugs me because every restaurant is focused on providing inexpensive food, but unhealthy food that does not appeal to people that are health conscious. This is also a case everywhere else, but has yet to be solved.

7. There is too much liberal media.

This happens because everyone is "entitled" to have a parade/event for every thing under the sun. Where are the conservative parades? Or the white male parades? 

8. It bothers me that career opportunities are more focused on your race than your intelligence and interest.

This is because companies are required to fulfill certain "quota" for diversity. This is fine and all, but I see that many interested, non-diversity students that are just as competitive are not able to get a job because of the color of their skin or financial background. 

9. The Gainesville HomeGoods/TJMaxx is under supplied and has little good merchandise. 

This could be mitigated by providing better products to the store. This issue may happen because of the Gainesville demographic area - even though students from the University go to the store often.

10. The amount of commercials on Xfinity on-demand shows.

This probably occurs because Xfinity is able to put in more ads because of the demand for the shows being watched. Though it may decrease short term revenues, decreasing the amount of ads in their on-demand shows may increase customer satisfaction and long term revenues.

11. There are too many bugs in my car AC, and I cannot find a pet friendly/human friendly product to get rid of them.

This happens because there is no product available that is safe, instead of raid bug bombs (which are full of pesticides). There should be a natural, safe product available. 

12. I lose earrings way to often, and it bugs me when I lose very expensive earrings.

This is because the clasps on earrings are not durable enough for my active lifestyle. There should be better clasps for earrings.

13. It is hard to find something that my dog can chew on for a long period of time that will not hurt her stomach.

This is because there is a lack of products that fulfill this need, or because they are not in Gainesville. 

14. Expensive clothing stores that have poor quality merchandise.

There should be a durability standard that clothes over a certain price point are required to pass. This happens because clothing producers try to squeeze margins further, risking quality for bottom line profit.

15. Appliances often break shortly after their warranty ends.

This is because producers make the product to have a certain lifespan, and do not wish to be liable for the product. There should be longer, free warranties on expensive products like appliances. 

16. I hate that plastic water bottles become moldy after a short period of usage. 

This is because the bottles do not have a long durable life (which they should). There should be some sort of sealant/protective layer to reduce the amount of mold that forms.

17. I do not appreciate that it is so difficult to sell used clothing. 

This is because thrift stores and places like Good-Will drive prices of used goods down so low that it is difficult to gain some return on used clothing when selling individually.

18. I hate how bugs still get through some screens (pool screens, etc).

This is because only high-quality (and higher priced) screens do this. Also, bugs always get in - regardless of the size of holes.

19. I hate that there are always dead bugs on the top of my pool, and that it takes a lot of work to clean them out.

This is because there is no automatic, robotic pool skimmer to remove topical debris in the pool.

20. The focus on removing straws from restaurants, even though bars (like J.J's Tavern) still sell drinks in plastic, disposable cups.

This is because they haven't found an efficient way to purchase reusable plastic/glass/durable cups that will actually start the revolution of green partying.

Reflection: I really enjoyed this assignment. As I started thinking about things that bothered me, I started thinking of more entrepreneurial ideas that could turn into multi-million dollar businesses one day. I hope to look back on this assignment and utilize it for a business idea in the future.