Sounds like I'll have to stop lurking to get ready for this.
Moral of the story is when you do get ahold of Google Support they actually can sometimes be some really good help. It would be great if this was a more accessible option for people.
That would have been nice. The people I interacted with were not empowered to write bug reports (or chose not to), and suggested the community forums.
Disagree! Workarounds are solutions, just of varying quality for the long-term.