What's worse is they upsell you and then don't come through. "If you pay another $8, you can get picked up 5 minutes earlier." Then you choose it and the wait is as long or longer than the original, cheaper option. And there is no way to appeal it.

The connection between this car only transportation approach and the housing crisis is really poorly understood.

This might be the message to reverse things: great, we will send all those cyclists into the car lanes for drivers. How nice that they want to share their space.

Is it wrong that I find comfort in the fact that we aren't the only idiots?

I have the fear in me too. But I am also soooooo tired of being soundly beaten over and over again. Losing sucks, and my bitterness around it is giving me more courage.

It is so fundamental that you never negotiate from a position of obvious desperation. It is aggravating to have to explain it.

Best to see the vehicle approach as it hits you.