Using transit means giving up control

The worst thing about mass transit is that you are totally at the hands of the transit agency. Walking, biking, or driving you maintain a degree of control over your means of transport. But there are so many variables involved in using transit, none of which are under the control of the consumer, which is why employers do not accept transit as a 'reliable' method of getting to your job.
We see the tweets below hundreds of times during the year

wow, Trimet trynna get Me fired.
— papa swish (@OBIENEXTDOOR) September 21, 2014

.@extramsg @Mayorpdx don't forget @trimet's inability to deal with events that have been going on for YEARS. some of us have to get to work.
— piper ewan (@piperewan) September 21, 2014