My 20 "Bugs"

So I did the 5-7 things a day that “bug” me. You can see a pattern for the days that certain situations were on my mind.

1.       The amount of lizards in Florida that linger around homes.

·         Why? The perfect temperature and home for lizards with not so prevalent predators in rural areas.

2.       The amount of stray cats that are released without the option to adopt if they aren’t feral

·         Why? Not enough space in the shelters, and some humane societies believe releasing them in the wild is better than euthanizing them when the shelters are full.

3.       The amount of inappropriately euthanized animals at shelters

·         Why? Lack of space, fosters, and government funding.

4.       Printers at school not taking multiple forms of payment

·         Why? Schools want to limit the amount of potential dangers than can present themselves with items that are connected to the internet.

5.       Multiple coffee shops that close early on Sunday in a college town

·         Why? Sunday is the slowest business day of the week and most companies are wanting to make the most profit.

6.       My work office light continuously buzzing

·         Why? Cheap lights for the facility

7.       The tolls growing everywhere

·         Why? Roads are needing to be updated due to the increase in population and traffic. The tolls are used to pay for such updates.

8.       People Tailgating

·         Why? People are attempting to avoid traffic that typically happens during peak hours or right before.

9.       More variety of non-dairy ice cream and cheese cake

·         Why? Dairy products are cheaper to mass produce.

10.   Not having more washing stations in a camp sites

·         Why? The more washing stations, the higher the water and construction bill will be. Lack of government funding for camp sites could also be a reason.

11.   Not having bug or lizard preventatives in camp site bathrooms

·         Why? Lack of government funding to camp sites leads to budget cuts and thin resources.

12.   Confusing parking signs at Disney

·         Why? Although Disney is very good with directing traffic with their people, their signs can be confusing when it becomes after hours and thousands of people are trying to leave, blocking some signs.

13.   Dealing with the obnoxious amount of tourist at Disney

·         Why? Disney is trying to make the most profit and allow as many families as the facility can hold.

14.   Lack of information regarding adoption agencies

·         Why? Some adoption agencies are limited on what they are allowed to post due to government moderation or in attempts to prevent discrimination lawsuits.

15.   Not being given the proper background for an adoptable kid

·         Why? It’s a conflict of HIPPA regarding the child’s parents.

16.   Being pressured into adopting a certain type of kid based on your financial stability

·         Why? Adoption agencies want the best situations for all their kids, including those with medical conditions. If they see that the applicant will not be able to provide those medical expenses for the child, they will request for another child to be brought forward without such conditions.

17.   Adoption agencies allowing crappy parent who only want the financial benefits of adopting to keep the child, when there is evidence of wrongdoing, or inappropriate situations.

·         Why? More likely than not it will need to become legal actions against the parents and with hardcore evidence, which can be difficult if they are meeting the bare minimum for the child.

18.   The law allowing the birth mother or father have first rights to the kid even when there is and was evidence of abuse.

·         Why? The law is trying to allow the family to heal and grow together in hopes that the parent will become sober for the family.

19.   Being denied the ability to have my tubes tied, even when a medical condition preventing children is present

·         Why? Because my insurance is through a multiple facilities where doctors can deny the patient if they do not feel comfortable with the procedure.

20.   The lack of punishment for early abandonment of animals when they adopt another animal shortly after.

·         Why? Without hard evidence, the animal’s owner can surrender the animal for any reason whatsoever, including attitude issues.

Reflection:

                This assignment was difficult at first regarding the everyday issues I come across. I noticed a lot of my “bugs” are centered around trivial things, until I started thinking of more personal issues I have. I LOVE animals, so anything regarding rescues is a very touchy subject with me, even though I understand most situations. On day three you can tell that I was getting very annoyed with adoption agencies. We’ve been looking to adopt for about a year now and we’ve yet to been given an opportunity, even when we felt we would make better parents. It’s similar to the rescue situation about being a touchy subject, but once I started my “bug” list on that, it was easy to pick things out.