Doing something yourself is always easier/better than relying on someone else. Case in point, we recently split into two squadrons and so now I have to drive myself before I step. Does this bother me? No, for the exact reasons spelled out, I'd rather spend my gas and drive to the opposite side of base then depend on base transpo. Oh yeah, we did try to get transpo support but they told us they couldn't accomodate anyways, so whatever. Base Transpo has sucked at every base I've been at except when deployed, that's it.
Thanks to the link on protocol, I think I'll stuff that in my flight suit and whip it out STS when next I am verbally accosted by someone junior to me.
Why can't the new Air Force motto be, every airman is not a warrior. That would fix a lot of problems.