That is really funny.

But it also shows that many people view bike riding as transportation- like riding to work or riding to the store or just around the neighborhood for fun or errands. They haven't really thought about someone riding a bike with the goal of putting on mileage....with no 'destination'. I remember when I started riding after about 40 years off the bike....I thought it was pretty weird for people to put their bike in their car and then drive to someplace just so they could ride around 'aimlessly'. With no purposeful destination to go to, no errand. In a way, I still think that's a slightly odd thing to do, even though I now totally understand why it's done.
It's all in your perspective.