1. During the span from the beginning of lunch time to the end of dinner time, Chiptole on University always has a line to the door.
Why: Chipotle is conveniently located to campus and the food is both cheap and flavorful.
2. While having a conversation with someone, he or she begins to start texting other friends.
Why: Because technology is constantly available to connect the world, some people feel the need to constantly be connected.
3. When people show up late after the scheduled meeting time.
Why: Some people do not know how to properly manage time.
4. People driving too slow or under the speed limit during peak travel hours.
Why: Some people are not in a hurry compared to others and are more confortable at slower speeds.
5. When you go to a restaurant and you receive lousy service and the server forgets about you.
Why: A restaurant may be understaffed or the server might be to busy doing other things such as socializing than working.
6. When people lie to you and betray your trust.
Why: Sometimes people try to protect each other or themselves by lying to others.
7. When people in class borrow a pencil or pen and never return it.
Why: Since people don't know how to come prepared, they ask for a writing utencil during class. Because people are forgetful or they secretly want to steal your writing utencil they "forget" to give it back and keep it for themselves.
8. When you are trying to speak in a group setting and people interrupt you in the middle of your statement.
Why: As people listen to something, they start forming thoughts. Some people do not have the patience to wait their turn.
9. When you plan to go out to a resturant with your friends, then at the resturant, no one want to pay the price.
Why: People like to eat well;however, not everyone can afford to pay for the things they desire or they are too cheap to do so.
10. When you are in the middle of doing school work and then the internet crashes.
Why: Technology is bound to mess up at some point. Because we have such a large population, servers often strain under the pressure of the constant need for the internet.
11. When you put your trust and faith in someone to do a specific task, and they don't fufill their promises.
Why: We are all only human after all. Sometimes people forget to do the things they are asked, or sometimes people are unable to do the task because they are incable of doing so.
12. At night when there are no cars around, still having to sit at redlights.
Why: Lights here in gainseville have long timers. Even during the day, at night the timers are still the same length, so you end up waiting a long time for no one around.
13. When managers of resturants do a poor of ordering food and a resturant runs out of a favorite item.
Why: If an item is popular, resturant managers should know how much of a certain food is needed after a few weeks of months of sales based on simple supply and demand economics. However, sometimes managers are unable to see this factor and just buy a set amount every time.
14. When people walk dogs and do not clean up after them.
Why: Part of being a pet owner is having the responsibility to take care of a pet. People often don't feel as if its their job to clean up after their pet and rather go "all natural" leaving public areas a mess because they are lazy.
15. When someone behind you while driving is in a hurry, so they ride right behind you trying to get you to speed up or move out of the way.
Why: People feel the need while driving to push other people around, or to make you move so they can get passed you. In order to get you to move so that they can speed past you, people will ride right behind you untill you move or get the point.
16. Being in college and still having acne.
Why: College can cause a lot of stress and our hormones are still imbalenced resulting in the occasional acne.
17. When people get mad at the bearer of bad news when it is not the messengers fault.
Why: The phrase "don't shoot the messenger" is very important. Some people think that yelling at the messenger will magically make everything better. However, the messenger did not cause the problem and people just need to control their anger.
18. When people try to force their religions onto others because someone doesn't belive the same things as them.
Why: In some religions, it is believed as members duty to try to help other people by "saving" them because what they believe is "wrong." I think the real issue stems from a lack of respsect of others cultures and religions.
19. When trying to communicate with someone and they feel the constant need to win.
Why: Some people are arrogant and see every else as beneath them. So when in a heated conversation they automatically dismiss what everyone has to say instead of listening respectfully and actually putting what someone else has to say into consideration.
20. When people having important work due for school and procrastinate to the last minute.
Why: People procrastinate generally because they feel daunted by the work or lack the motivation or drive to do their work untill they feel pressured to do so.
In the beginning this activity was a little difficult because I generally do not think about the things that bother me. I'm a very optimistic and upbeat person, so I generally avoid the negatives in life that hinder me. However, after starting to write them down, they soon began flowing freely.
