20 Things that drive me a little crazy (Clickbait?)

2A – Bug List

These 20 things come up more often than I'd want and usually make me upset. The explanation for each is under the complaint, and is sure to make me look petty.

1. Buying textbooks and supplies for classes is a hassle.
   
   
1. Each class needs different things, many of which have to be bought in multiple ways to avoid spending too much money.
   
   
2. My microwave beeps four times upon finishing its cycle, and there is no way to cut off or stop the beeps if you let the timer end.
   
   
1. The beep is used to make sure the user doesn’t forget their food in the microwave.
   
   
3. Learning more about politics has made me less happy, but I know enough now that I can’t let myself ignore it.
   
   
1. News isn’t always good, but being informed is the only way to change it.
   
   
4. I have too much stuff, so moving into and organizing an apartment was frustrating.
   
   
1. While there is a reason for why I have all of it, some of my clothes and clutter don’t get used often and probably could be donated.
   
   
5. The led from mechanical pencils breaks way too easily.
   
   
1. They make the lead thin so a lot of it can fit in the pencil and so that you have to buy more when it breaks (conspiracy hat).
   
   
6. When autocorrect doesn't actually know what I want to say, but still changes my words.
   
   
1. My spelling is sometimes so poor that even google doesn’t know what I think.
   
   
7. Biting your tongue or the inside of your cheek and then being forced to wait for a week hoping you don't bite it more and it can heal.
   
   
1. Our mouths are constantly moving so any bite is easily irritated.
   
   
8. Accidentally getting caught on a drawer and pulling headphones out while working in the kitchen.
   
   
1. My kitchen is full of round knobs that the cord gets wrapped around, and I enjoy getting into cooking while listening to an audiobook or podcast so I am usually not paying attention to the cord.
   
   
9. Cats thinking notebooks and laptops are things to walk on, only when you start doing homework.
   
   
1. Cats want your attention, but only when it is convenient for them.
   
   
10. It’s hard to get the paper off of a cupcake without getting your fingers messy.
    
    
1. The icing usually extends over the sides where you need to pull on the edge of the paper.
   
   
11. Peanut Butter at the bottom of the jar is hard to reach.
    
    
1. The shape of the jar makes it hard to reach the bottom and sides with a standard knife.
   
   
12. Restaurants insist on giving people straws, but they are mostly useless and harmful to the environment.
    
    
1. People want the convenience of a top on their drink and ease of not moving the cup to their mouth.
   
   
13. When people on the bus are having a conversation that is either too loud or is somehow offensive and I am too polite to do anything other than try not to listen and hope they stop.
    
    
1. Public Transportation means it is a public place and people can say what they want.
   
   
14. All of my doorways are too wide for the pull up bar I bought.
    
    
1. I should have measured the frames before buying.
   
   
15. Free trials usually end by making you pay for the product or subscription instead of just ending.
    
    
1. It is a smart business model and you have to agree to it to activate the trial in the first place.
   
   
16. The fact that actually driving the speed limit is usually less safe because that makes you slower than the flow of traffic.
    
    
1. People want to speed and traffic laws are not enforced consistently.
   
   
17. When I wake up in the middle of the night with a really good idea but then forget it.
    
    
1. I don’t have any way to record my idea within easy reach.
   
   
18. It can be hard to understand the nutrition information on food packages.
    
    
1. We use the metric system for nutrition so the dumb Americans used to the imperial system won’t see how unhealthy something is (conspiracy hat)
   
   
19. At parks there are a lot of signs saying “don’t climb the trees” but I never see any signs saying “this one is ok to climb”
    
    
1. Climbing trees is probably unsafe and would cause legal problems for the parks if someone got hurt.
   
   
20. The sleep button is on the side corner of my laptop in a way that lets it accidentally get pressed when am just adjusting the computer or trying to press the volume buttons.
    
    
1. The screen of my laptop folds back like a tablet, so the button goes into a convenient place in that mode, but the location is bad for when I’m typing.

Writing 20 things that bug me didn't seem difficult at first, but I soon had trouble finding ones I liked enough to say I dislike. The most difficult aspect was deciding if small things were too petty or actionable bugs. I tried to not select bugs where the solution was just to not do something, or bugs where a solution already existed.