Ben's Bug List

The Bugs 

1. Whenever I have had a pair of Apple headphones for longer than a few months one of the ear buds stops working
2. Some auxiliary cords for phones have a really thick base and because of this you have to take off your phone case to plug in the cord to your phone
3. Whenever I have had an iPhone for a while the phone speed slows down when I update the software, but the main bug is that Apple never admitted to doing this intentionally until recently
4. Showers that have a very fine line between burning hot and icy cold when you slightly turn the handle
5. Doing laundry and most of the time having clothes wrinkled when you finish before you have a chance to fold them or put them away
6. Going to the grocery store knowing exactly what I need but still having to take the time to walk around the entire store to select everything instead of having an option to pay a slight premium to have it gathered before I get to the store
7. Shopping carts that have wheels that turn to the side and stores not fixing them, this is something that is easily preventable but leads to a negative experience at the store 
8. At the new Target by The Standard the elevator from the parking lot does not connect to the store itself so you have to carry all your groceries to your car because you cannot take your cart out of the store
9. You have to pay to park at the standard parking garage if you want to shop at Target even though Publix had free parking right across the street
10. Publix's price for raw chicken price is extremely inflated and is only comparable to other stores when its on sale buy one get one free
11. Most portable speakers not being able to hold a battery charge as long as most other electronic devices even though they're a mobile product that are often used away from chargers
12. "Non-stick" pans that end up turning into "stick" pans soon after you use them
13. Companies advertising their granola bar as "high protein" when in reality it only has six grams of protein compared to a similar bar right next to it having twenty grams and the same amount of calories
14. The Lenny and Larry's "Vegan Protein Cookies" that they advertise as having sixteen grams of protein in bold letters on the front (this is sixteen grams for the entire cookie) but when you read the calories on the back people think there's only 210 calories but the serving size is only half a cookie...WHO EATS HALF A COOKIE?!?!
15. Promoters of fitness on social media advertising their self-brand and supplement products as "natural and steroid-free" when lots of them clearly take PEDs
16. Not having the option to stop getting notifications on your laptop about software edits and other things I do not care about
17. The fact that products such as cereal and chips do not have zipping or resealable bags when the technology exists
18. It is nearly impossible to not get a standard tube of toothpaste messy because of how it drips after you pour it
19. Going to the dentist and having them slash your gums with metal tools then have them tell you that you have sensitive gums and have to purchase a special (and extremely expensive) toothpaste that they definitely are given money to refer
20. Personal trainers not doing everything they can do to help their clients out at the first few sessions

But WHY?

1. Planned obsolescence perhaps? I would hope that this isn't the case and that it is just a technological issue they have never been able to solve...who knows
2. The thick base of the cord possibly protects the cord from ripping which also proves to be an issue sometimes so maybe this isn't so bad after all
3. So the answer is released, Apple slows your phone to prevent it from shutting down entirely when it can't handle the new software. But the main bug, why didn't they tell us?!?! My speculation is that they thought they could get away with it, and when they got caught they realized they had to own up to it and offer a discount on new batteries to their users
4. Although one of the most annoying issues, at the end of the day usually you can find a correct temperature. This problem probably arises from a design flaw in which there is often not a decisive temperature you are selecting but rather an ambiguous range so lets just add a marked scale to it right?
5. The wrinkles are often a result of user error. For example waiting too long to take them out of the dryer. More affordable laundry services sounds fantastic to me
6. Why? Probably because it would be a loss in productivity for the store if employees spent time doing this. Also, if you were allowed to do this the store wouldn't benefit from you impulsively buying Zebra Cakes that you did not want before arriving to the store
7. This is from overuse or miss use of the carts. With so many carts its probably too annoying for stores to keep trying to fix this problem
8. Architectural failure in design and the idea that they expect you to buy a CVS-amount of items and not a typical Target amount I'd assume
9. They know people will pay for the convenience of the garage and it's the Standard's garage so they need money to pay off that massive building
10. This is so people think they're getting a great deal when its BoGo (Hint hint, not true, you're just not getting ripped off when its BoGo)
11. I believe this is just a result of not using the best technology and wanting to save on production costs by not buying the best battery
12. User-error by not treating the pan right and also if it works for a little bit people won't complain as much if it didn't work from the start. Probably some engineering flaws as well
13. This is an issue that the FDA allows to happen by not regulating companies well-enough on their packaging. They add things like this to get misinformed consumers to buy their evidently "healthy" product
14. Marketing scheme. Technically they're not lying but its extremely deceiving. This marketing tactic definitely has dieters feeling like its ok to eat cookies, even if this monster of a cookie has twice the calories of a normal cookie (because adding protein makes everything healthy right???)
15. Obviously these people's businesses would take a hit if they admitted to taking PEDs to get jacked and not their own supplements
16. Maybe these software notifications are actually important? Also, the company that worked on the updates probably wants them being used to keep users happy with new features
17. Production costs and everybody owns chip clips at this point
18. Design flaw but very cost efficient I would imagine. I say out with the tubes and in with the "as-seen-on-TV" toothpaste dispensers 
19. To keep their cash flow from the sensitive gum toothpaste company coming in for referrals they suggest
20. This is so the clients don't see immediate results right away so that they have to keep coming back and paying until they're eventually in shape

Challenges in Coming up with Bugs?

Surprisingly I did not have too big of a challenge coming up with bugs since I am the type of person that is constantly thinking about how something can be better. However, a challenge I faced was keeping the bugs focused on primarily companies and products that were bugging me and not just things that bug me in general, like certain things people say. Other than a slight delay in ideas at Bug number seven I was able to brainstorm this list rather quickly. I think the main reason I didn't find creating this list too difficult was that I have been told before to be conscious of my surroundings and look to see how I can improve things so many of these Bugs have been on my mind for a while.