Droid Maxx needs power recycle for (too) many simple changes

Question

My calendar stopped sending me the pop-up notifications for my events.  When I called Verizon support, they said I needed to turn the notificaitons off, recycle power on the phone and then turn them back on.

This works, but I don't understand why I need to reboot a Linux-based OS (Android) to make such a simple change.

Is this the norm and is there any way around it (and if so, what)?

Thanks/

Snn5 · Accepted Answer

Reboots are a common way to resolve simple issues with OS conflicts.  Rebooting is just the canned response to all issues.  I don't see the problem.