The concept of the knot confuses and infuriates me!! OK, it's not so much the knot itself as it is making one.
I have a skin condition, and it was much worse when I was a kid, so I sometimes had to wear sandals with socks (strange enough, I don't recall being mocked for that). When my skin improved slightly, I switched to Velcro shoes. When laces came up, my mom usually handled it and tied them in a way such that I could just slip my shoes on-and-off.
I still mostly just wing it, and I only actually tried and succeeded about...oh, 8 months ago (actually only did it once, my shoes still have the same knots, I just slip them on and off). I'm not entirely sure if I'm doing it right, but at least my shoes stay on, and they are comfortable.
Apparently my BS in Computer Science did help me in ways I didn't expect. Truthfully, I did kind of put it off just so I could say I graduated collage before I could tie my shoes.