“Since the pandemic, it’s just gotten dramatically worse,” he told me. “I mean, it never used to be this stressful to rent a car.” Ah, we come to the heart of

“Since the pandemic, it’s just gotten dramatically worse,” he told me. “I mean, it never used to be this stressful to rent a car.” Ah, we come to the heart of the issue. The global pandemic finally affected the pampered customer, and that can not be tolerated. We get to travel in metal tubes in the sky going hundreds of miles per hour. When we land, safely, we can spend a pittance to borrow a practically new $25,000 piece of machinery and take it on a joy ride. And we can do this virtually anywhere in the world, with nothing more than a driver's license and a credit card. This is an amazing miracle and these people are acting like it's their birthright. Yeah, it's gonna take a couple hours for your miracle to be ready. The world is kind of dying right now. Meanwhile, trains, subways, buses, and taxis still exist. But if they don't get to drive their own machine whenever they want, look out - they might write an editorial.