Rclone mount takes a long time

Continuing the discussion from Long delay in mount point showing up on Windows:

One thing I've been wondering about though, is that ncw said that rclone mount is supposed to mount and then upload from the queue, but it seems like it's doing the opposite. It's unfortunate. I've been trying to mount my remote for several days now but it still hasn't mounted. I can wait, but it might be problematic in the future (for me that is).