In my day, nobody would sweat this trivial stuff. You need to travel for work, big deal! It's always been this way! Nowadays there are so many good easy jobs in the city, so many forms of public transport... It's never been easier.

In my day, people would go to work every day no matter how sick they were. Nobody bat an eyelash over this. You just soldier on and get the job done! The work isn't going to do itself! Somebody has to get the food out of the ground, package it, keep the supply chains running smoothly, etc...