To each his own. I do still believe some furriners prefer to go out of their way to make their experience as unpleasant as possible and hence have something to complain about/feel superior to. Or move the comparison flag accordingly.
I mean, heck, I come from the 4th world, I am delighted to come and go to the airport in one piece, my bar is set really low. But I book a private Merc or BMW back and forth because I am worth it. And usually I am loaded with two pieces of luggage, one carryon, one backpack, and as many plastic bags with duty free items as I can get away with.
Hence, I also took taxi from my pal’s place in outer Tokyo to the airport -not Narita, though- less than 10k yen, which comes like almost 4k NTD. But it was that or hauling the above mentioned loot through Tokyo metro system… heck no.