Bug List

Below, you will find a 20 item list of my biggest pet peeves and possible ways to combat them.  Believe it or not, it was quite difficult to come up with 20 things that bother me.  The first few were easy (as they are things that drive me crazy on a regular basis), but it took a couple days of paying attention to minor annoyances to come up with the rest!  This could be due to the fact that I try to have a positive, grateful attitude and avoid "sweating the small stuff."  However, I now realize that acknowledging things that bug me could be a spectacular entrepreneurship opportunity that would make the world a less annoying, better place.

Bug	Why?	Fix
1: The smacking, saliva swooshing sound of eating food	Many people chew with their mouth open	A gadget that detects the noise and makes a beeping sound to warn the eater
2: Driving around looking for parking spaces	Areas can get busy!	An app that connects to your car (so you’re not using your phone while driving) and searches for all available parking spaces in a specific radius
3: Many reusable water bottles (especially ones you can squirt water into your mouth) have exposed mouthpieces.	The cap is designed in a way to make it convenient to drink out of, but it is unsanitary during travel.	A water bottle cover that can easily attach to the cap.
4: Serving utensils at buffets are full of germs	Many people do not wash their hands before getting food	Serving utensils with sanitizing/decontaminating handles
5: People driving with road rage and getting away with it	Lots of people drive aggressively, but it is difficult to “catch” them	Cars equipped with cameras… button to automatically send a photo of the license plate and a video of the poor driving behavior
6: Shower curtains that do not stay in place while you are showering	Gravity, air flow, or the shape of the shower rod make them slide	Hooks that suction to the shower wall AND hooks that attach to the shower curtain (magnetic?) or shower liners with holes
7:  Burning your mouth on too hot food	It can be difficult to gauge the temperature of food without trying it	A wand you wave above your food that will tell you how hot it is/if it’s in a good range
8: Airport tray tables, seats, and window handles are unsanitary	Airplanes rarely get a thorough cleaning	Provide disinfectant wipes at the front of the plane, so they are available for passengers to use
9: Waiting several hours for a freshly baked cheesecake to chill before you eat it (or other foods that need to cool before you can enjoy them)	Newton’s law of cooling	An “Instafreeze” machine (basically a reverse microwave) that will cool food quickly
10: Hair getting stuck in hairbrushes	Hair can fall out of your head and get stuck in the bristles	A special brush with retracting bristles to get the hair out easily
11: Not knowing if an incoming call is a robo call or just someone you don’t know	There are lots of automatic, annoying calls out there	An app that will give you information about incoming calls
12: Spider webs, especially indoors	Spiders weave pretty fast	A special handheld vacuum for reaching corners and sucking up spiderwebs
13: Lingering fart smells	Our bodies create some bad aromas	Something (spray, perhaps?) to neutralize the odor without smelling like anything else
14: Sink smells	Food can get stuck under the drain cover and rot	A dispenser that emits neutralizing compounds
15: When you yell at an artificial intelligence thing (ex: Siri) and it sounds all calm and robotic back	They only have one tone of voice	Tone of voice matching for artificial intelligence machines
16: Cars that are going way below the speed limit in front of you	Some people drive slowly, and it is not always legal or safe to pass them	A jet pack function that would allow you to hop over the car in front of you (think Nanny McFee style)
17: When store associates keep coming up to you at a store, but you don’t want assistance	It is good customer service to ask if anyone needs help, but it is not always	Pins/stickers available at the front of stores that say “No help needed” or something of the like
18: People talking during a movie	People like to chit chat!	A stop talking button communication system between movie theater seats
19: Timers going off when you can’t get to them	Sometimes you may be in the middle of something and unable to turn it off	A voice activated “stop timer” option.
20:  When you JUST miss a green light	Luck in traffic runs out	An automated function in your car that reminds you to stay calm, and that you won’t be there much later