Part ½ of 2A:
1. The Starbucks’ line at Lib West is so crowded after ordering and waiting for your drink.
a. This is due to the already crammed space where they added chairs/stools.
2. The customer service line for McGraw-Hill was laced with static and the crew member was muffled.
a. This may be due to poor cell service of the call center’s location.
3. The traffic on Lake Mary Blvd back home is always extremely backed up during both lunch and afternoon rush hours.
a. The traffic is most likely caused by the uptick in population/stores in the area along with the massive I-4 construction overhaul.
4. The stoplights along 13th street and University Ave can sometimes take a long time to turn over for those looking to cross the street.
a. While there is the Norman tunnel, UF has not implemented this anywhere else probably because most of the land on the other side of campus is not UF owned.
5. Within the Gainesville area, there are more local stores/restaurants closing down.
a. This comes with the trend that the city is modernizing and gaining more chain branch stores/restaurants.
6. The A/C in my apartment is very temperamental when it comes to adjusting with the weather outside, if its very cold out it will lower our preset without us doing it!
a. This may be due to the fact that this is an A/C within an apartment complex and has to reduce the difference in energy usage by a certain amount when it is above the desired threshold.
7. While somewhat cliché, the foot traffic for Turlington Plaza during the middle of the day between classes can be very heavy.
a. There is no outline of where to walk or guidelines for bikers; everyone moves based on available space.
8. At Pascal’s there is more tables than there are available outlets, making it difficult to work in the same place for more than a few hours on end.
a. The house in which was turned into Pascal’s did not have electrical renovations in order to accommodate guests with additional outlets.
9. Sometimes, when driving at night in Gainesville, I cannot see those walkers that are crossing the street.
a. College students do not always follow the designated crosswalks or directions of them.
10. Although Canvas has the “To-Do” list for assignments, it will not remind you when assignments are closing via notifications.
a. That feature that I wish they had may not be part of the software for the app.
11. Sometimes when technical issues happen on UF Wi-Fi, they are at late at night when no one can be reached since it is not during regular hours.
a. This is due to there not being a 24-hour staff or prerecorded help when calling or coming in.
12. Although Lib West is open 24-hours, I much prefer to see Marston open longer out of location convenience, both weekly and during the weekends.
a. The maintenance of both libraries for longer hours may not be conducive to the University’s budget.
13. During HCW, I could not attend all the company lectures I was hoping to due to a conflict with in-person classes I had to attend.
a. These presentations are not recorded and posted anywhere for students because some of the rooms these companies are in do not have that capability.
14. When driving between Gainesville and back home at night, there are hardly any lights on the road as I cut through the national forests like Ocala’s.
a. There is not enough traffic through that area at night to warrant extra budgeting in order to put lights on that strip of road.
15. There are only two prominent gator gear shops on campus (the bookstore & by the stadium), both smack in the middle of campus rather than spread out within the rest of campus.
a. They may not plan to add any additional stores due to the stores just off campus on University Ave.
16. Heavener/ Warrington does not have a swag store of its own yet, but we do have may clubs and organizations with gear for their members.
a. Based on the layout of the building, there is no place to put in a swag store or to promote Heavener gear.
17. Study rooms within Heavener or Marston are extremely competitive to get into once the semester gets underway.
a. This is due to there being a very limited capacity in both locations.
18. Resetting one’s Gatorlink password every year can become tedious and tend to lock someone out of certain aspects of their account until they resave their new password.
a. Gatorlink resets every year for security reasons for each student’s information.
19. The quantity of ingredients provided at the Chipotle in Gainesville at is vastly smaller than back home’s Chipotle.
a. Because of the number of students that come through each day, they have to limit the amount in which they use per customer.
20. Within Gainesville, there seems to be these massive wind tunnels every time it gets cold.
a. Based on how the buildings are set up, there seems to be these avenues that create them.
Part 3 of 2A:
Ultimately, through this exercise, I realized how much I overlook my everyday annoyances. While there are certain misgivings that I have about places or objects, there has been a natural inclination to simply adjust based on those obstacles rather than working on fixing them so there are no more bumps in the roads. It seems simpler in the everyday sense to learn how to avoid time waiting with some of these annoyances rather than put in time to solve this problem and never have to worry about it again. To me, it seems like a cost/benefit analysis that many of us ignore and just sidestep towards the convenient option.
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