I Have Problems

I’m a smart guy.  I’m possibly even too smart for my own good.  If I was a little bit dumber, I think I’d be a lot more content.  But one thing I’m stupid about is paperwork and bureaucracy.  Tax returns, car registration, ID, driver’s licensing…this stuff all completely baffles me.  I have no idea how to navigate the hallways of bureaucracy that everybody else seems perfectly at home inside.  I don’t even get why it’s all necessary.  I proved years ago that I know how to drive a car.  I’m almost 40 now, can we just accept that I know how to drive?  I’ll just pay a fucking road use fee and we’ll call it good.  Tax returns?  After all this time, you guys till can’t figure out how much money you’re supposed to be taking from me?

I just don’t get any of it.  How to, why to, anything at all.  Now, if I was, say, mentally retarded, it would be okay for me to be baffled by this shit.  Somebody would want to do everything for me.  But becasue I’m so fucking smart, nobody has any patience with the fact that I am perpetually dumbfounded and confused by the reams of red tape that I’m required to navigate in this world.

I just want to work a good job, earn my compensation, and be able to afford to live.  I want to leave everybody alone, and have them all leave me alone.  But no, I have to fill out a form and sign my name a dozen times to accomplish anything.  It’s getting to the point where you’re going to have to fill out a form to eat a burrito.

Why?  How does any of this make our lives any better?  Any easier?  How does it fucking benefit anybody?

And why am I a bad person just because I don’t get it, and because I need a little help with this shit from time to time?

Explain it to me.