More likely to just get bust if you're using it on your way to work. I can imagine lots of curbs and car wheels to run into.
I get enough looks using my nitro in my cul de sac (look at that grown man playing with toys blahblah etc.) Let alone walking it on my way to work. And who wants to carry all that rubbish with them, glow charger, tx, spare batteries, fuel bottle.
Then there's your colleagues. We used to take the Mick out of a guy who came to work on a skateboard. Everyone knows I'm into RC, I read magazines on my break and keep them in my drawer in the office. But if I brought one to work I wouldn't live it down.
Have you tried a dog? People walk dogs... Have you thought about getting a dog?