Quote Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh View Post
There's a 30 minute penalty so that people don't just leave on a whim and leave the party high and dry. Even with a 30 minute timeout, I'll happily eat it if it means not dealing with a horrible party.
On top of that, note that even with the 30 minute penalty, a lot of people do abandon dungeons like AV right at the start anyway.

Anyways... OP, after runs like that, just take the 30 minutes to go do/play something else. Consider it a time to de-stress a bit.