this kind of thing just requires a little research on your part not everyone will know the answers and youll find satisfaction looking up and learning these things for yourself for example with this situation you could find the model number of the machinery you were working on and get the manual online study it and learn everything about that machine and its operations to understand all the whys most people at work dont need or want to know why they just want to get on with it and go home theres nothing wrong with being how you are or the other way its just different people different ways of thinking and working best of luck to you in your future endeavours finding work you might be best suited to a job which requires such investigative processes