1. Watching and having to listen to people chew their food with their
mouth open.
Why? For me this bug exists because I never chew with my mouth
open, so to me it is
more noticeable when others do it, especially with the
sounds that some people make
when chewing with their mouth open.
2. Trucks driving in the left lane on the highway causing traffic to
slow.
Why? For me this bug exists because I have been watching my dad
drive my whole
life, he is a good but very aggressive driver and trucks slowing
traffic down on the
highway from driving in the left lane has always been a problem with him because he
drives a lot for a living. So the bug you could say was passed down to me.
3. When people sneeze and someone does not say “God bless you” or
“bless you”
Why? This bug exists because I was taught it was very impolite not
to say it people as
a child and really throughout my life.
4. I really hate that my
apartment complex doesn’t differentiate the recyclables, for example
cans,
paper, and plastic, instead it just has a general “recyclable” bin.
Why? This bug exists I think, because there are different types of
recyclables and
they aren’t all used to recreate the same things. Certain
recyclables can’t actually be
thrown out together and used, it needs to be separated.
5. When people randomly stop walking on a sidewalk and I have to
usually also stop and
walk around them.
Why? This bug exists because it stops the flow of traffic so to
speak. People are
trying to get somewhere and it is rude to not be considerate
of others around you.
6. When you make eye contact with a person and smile and they do not
smile back.
Why? I think this bug exist because making eye contact with people
and smiling is
something I always do, so I guess I assumed everyone else should
do it too.
7. When people don’t use their blinkers to signal going left or right
into another lane.
Why? This bug exists because I try to follow all of the rules of
the road while driving,
to not only keep myself but others safe. People may
also not pay attention as much
as needed and not using a blinker can cause
accidents if someone doesn’t see them
coming.
8. Leaving the air on cold when no one is in the apartment for hours.
Why? This bug exists because it is something I never did in my own
home. Also living on my own has made me aware of the money I spend on overages
from the air being left on.
9. When I watch people not wash their hands in the bathroom and just
leave after using it.
Why? I think this bug exists because I have always been a super
clean and germ
free kind of person, so watching people not wash their hands
after using the
bathroom has always been something gross to me.
10. When someone
tries to hug or kiss me after they smoked a cigarette.
Why? I think this bugs me because my mom has smoked cigarettes
ever since I can
remember and I have always hated it. I remember always asking
her to stop and not
letting her touch me if I could smell the smoke on her, so
I guess that stayed with me
in regards to other people.
11. When I ask
people not to ruin certain shows/talk about certain episodes because I am not
up to date and they do anyways.
Why? This bug exists because I think no one likes when someone
else ruins a
television show or movie for them, I try not to do it to others
and people should be
the same way towards me.
12. Hearing the clicking
of my fan if it is on too high of a speed.
Why? I am a really light sleeper and any noise can wake me up, like
the clicking of
the fan which is something that can wake me up multiple times a
night if it clicks
enough.
13. When people
talk during a movie, whether at an actual movie theatre or at home.
Why? This bug exists because I like to pay attention and get every
detail in when I
watch a movie, when people talk you can miss big parts of the
movie.
14. When it is
cold outside but the bus still manages to be just as cold, if not colder
because the AC is on
Why? This bug exists because it is already cold outside, the bus
is supposed to be
an area to warm up in, not one that is just as bad as
outside.
15. When people
leave the water running while they brush their teeth, wash their face, etc.
Why? I don’t really know why this bug exists, I have just always
not liked when
people do it. I used to passive-aggressively turn it off in the
mornings when my
sisters and I brushed our teeth because they would leave it
running for so long
without using any of the water.
16. Missing the
bus by minutes/seconds and having to wait 30 minutes for the next bus to get to me.
Why? This bug exists because I use the bus to get to and from
campus and work. If
either run a little later it can change my timing on
getting to certain bus stops and
sometimes I miss a bus and have to wait awhile
to catch the next one.
17. When you buy
something online like clothes, and they arrive and look nothing like they are
pictured online.
Why? This bug exists because I sometimes buy clothes online from
questionable
websites and the clothing is always a hit or miss.
18. When people
leave a room and leave the light on.
Why? This bug exists for me at least I think because if someone
leaves a bathroom
or room light on I assume someone in in that room and do not
go in, if the light is left
on but no one is actually in there I wouldn’t know.
19. When I am running
late for the bus, so I have to run out of my apartment and I forget to bring a
jacket with me and then I am cold on the bus and at work.
Why? This bug exists because sometimes, not often, I am running
late trying to get
to school, work, my internship, etc. and being in a hurry
can cause me to forget
things, most often being a jacket.
20. When I am
having a meal with a bunch of different types of food and the different food
touches on my plate. I usually will not eat the pieces of food that are
touching.
Why? This bug exists because I think when food touches it can make
the food taste
different and worse since it is different food put together.
Overall this was a much harder assignment than I first expected it
to be. Coming up with 20 things that bug me wasn’t as hard as trying to figure
out why these things actually exist, instead of why they bug me. Figuring out
why they bug me was easy but why the bug exists was a much more complex
question and I really had to think for a while about some of my bugs when
trying to answer the question. While writing these “bugs” out I found myself
writing why they bug me and had to go back and dive deeper into why it bothers
me in the first place and what exactly caused these things to become “bugs” of
mine. I did enjoy this exercise though, it really did make me think about all the different things that do bug me.
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