George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He wasn’t very good at following procedures.
He’d be stacking cannonballs or swabbing the deck, and he’d be told “You’re doing it wrong, stupid. The captain announced a change last week, don’t you remember?”
It happened a lot, and one day. George snapped, screaming “Why doesn’t anybody write this shit down?”
“Because half of the crew can’t read,” growled the captain. “Besides, I’m busy doing other things than meaningless paperwork. You should write them down.”
So, George did. With a permanent marker on the captain’s face while he slept.