You often need a higher level of your workbench as well, to repair advanced stuff. So I guess the intention is, that you have to do basebuilding – what seems to be fair.
If you get angry, maybe you can try find a way to incclude it into your way of playing the game.
E.g. you can build a small and nice mining camp next to mines, to repair your tool.
And build save houses on longer roads or so.

I think its necessary to have that mecanic. But what you can change is your way dealing with it.