Man, people are really starting to stretch their commute times. Actually no, I save 8 hours a day commuting! No, 16! No, 350395803 hours!
Let's be 100% honest: you did not spend 4 hours a day commuting pre-WFH. You just didn't.
My commute without delays and everything is on time is about 1hour and 25 mins.. with delays.. you can see how this easily can get close to 2 hours.. delays no transport in the UK.. are almost daily.. it's the only thing they do consistently.
"Let's be 100% honest: you did not spend 4 hours a day commuting pre-WFH. You just didn't." - This comment tells me you're either lucky enough not to have to commute in a big city.. or are rich enough to live in the city you work in.
Home <-> Walk <-> train(euston) <-> walk <-> tube <-> walk <-> work
Time required if everything work correctly
~ 1h 10m to work
~ 1h 30m from work, (more since you dont want to miss the train)
Now, a single cancelled/missed train for me is +30m, happened at least once a week due to faulty train etc.
In addition, these things happen all the time:
Is the tube delayed today causing me to miss my train? +30m
Is it hot summer week? expect almost everyday to be cancellations of 1h+++
Someone trespassing/ hit by train, cancellations of 1h+++
Signalling problem, cancellation of 1h+++
Fire next to track cancellation of 3h+++
plus more Many days I have spent more than 4hrs just to get home.
Now this 2h 40m commute easily averages out to 4h
Just take a look at this:
10min walk to the station
5min wait for the train
1h 5min travel time
10min walk to the office
+
10min walk to the station
around 15min wait for the train
1h 5min travel time
10min walk to the home
the only thing you can argue is
>around 15min wait for the train