I love all the people boot licking the corporations in the comments. You should be compensated for travel to and from work it should be factored into your pay. The fact it hasn’t in the past doesn’t mean jack shit. Times change it’s ok to pressure employers for more pay.
There’s actually no reason to believe that they weren’t real people by the way. People used to say Gilgamesh and Troy weren’t real until they were found as well.