Why Does Life Have to be so Difficult?

It has come to my short (no pun intended) attention span that just plain ol' living life is more difficult than it used to be. Now, I'm not talking about as I age it gets more difficult, no, it's more difficult for everyone! I have a theory. It seems that the more "things" we invent to make our lives easier, the more difficult it is. I mean, I love all the gadgets we have today. . .cell phones, computers, texting, iPods, you get the idea. These things are wonderful, but they haven't UNcomplicated my life!
In my mom's day, it was a washer-dryer that was supposed to make life easier, more free time, etc, it didn't do that. She hated it! Said the clothes didn't get as clean as she could do it. I, however, had no illusions about beating my clothes on a rock to clean them. Give me the washer/dryer!
The microwave was supposed to shorten cooking time, I've been radiated enough, but it hasn't shortened my work load for making dinner, now, I have to actually read a recipe to make it in the microwave. Back in the day, I just threw everything together, threw it in the oven and took it out before it caught fire. Good enough.
The phone, don't get me stared, certainly hasn't made my life easier! For a machine that's supposed to shorten the time it takes to communicate with someone, I sure have to wait a long time and go through so many "choices" and I still don't get to talk to a live person! I tried to get unemployment the other day...they told me I had to fill out a form to be DENIED! What's up with that? I tried calling them to find out why I was denied (go back to the previous "phone choices" sentence so you'll know what happened).
Our hospital here in town converted over to computer medical records to save on paper. I had to go the ER for a migraine headache and before computers I had to sign one paper for release. The other day the computer spit out 11 frackin' pages of paper!
I took the dog to the vet last week; he checked her over, gave her a clean bill of health and said, "that'll be $150.00." I mean, he listened to her heart, gave her a shot and put a thermometer up her butt. I could've done that and not charged as much!
My insurance company sent me a letter today saying that because I'm on a certain medication I should have my doctor double the strength and then when I get the prescription, take only half of the pill. Is this where we're headed? This just isn't right! But I've got to go, I'm on hold waiting for the bank.