[samstave]

No, options are situations that which work with all factors weighed in.

Got kids and have them at daycare like the person I replied to (and me)? You MUST pick them up by a certain time, but lets add two hours to my commute, and even if I can pick them up later now they get dinner later, bed later, my after hours work or routine gets later.

The commute farther argument is naive for many many situations.

You're only looking through a simplistic lens.

[Kalium]

What you've just explained is that some options are very much preferable to others. What you haven't explained is how preferences means that less preferred options cease to be options at all.

By all means, call this a "simplistic lens", but please don't try to avoid that you have options.