Well that's the thing with free will and all.
If you believe in free will, I'm assuming that you do, then God can't be controlling every aspect of our life or even our environment. Otherwise there would be no choice in life, we'd just be puppets.
So if there is any one mocking us it is mother nature, which is an unfortunate price for free will.
But consider that without suffering there would be no change.
Also without suffering we would never appreciate the good, as then we would not have anything to compare the good to, to know it was good.
Never mind that without suffering the human race would never have evolved to begin with.
Every single aspect of our nature and physiology is based on conditions in which our ancestors lived through that have shaped the course of our evolution.
Of course evolution never stops so we are still evolving and unfortunately some us will suffer more than others.
It doesn't mean god is laughing at us or taunting us any more than a parent would taunt or laugh at their child if they are hurt. But just like a parent god can't always step in and make things better.
Aspect's like free will and evolution means god has to let things take their course.
Ultimately the universe is what it is, the seed for our creation and the world we live in was planted at the very beginning of creation. So to change it god would have to destroy everything and start again.
Though on the plus side, unless you wind up in hell, suffering does not last forever.
Which is one of the plusses of believing in a god as then you also believe in a heaven.
But that's just my opinion.
Then again I also believe I remember being born and what heaven was like. So you don't have to listen to me.