I have been in many a cab and I can say the Vegas cab drivers are usually the most friendly of any as they know you are in town to drop some coin.
These fuckers are some of the biggest BEGGERS I've ever seen!
I have never had a trip were at least one of these clowns wasn't on the anniversary of his ________'s death.
Last trip it was a fucking dog! My GF started talking about her mom's dog, and right away this guy is the biggest dog lover in the world. But......of course......it was the sixth anniversary of Champ's demise. I guess he was killed by a stray bullet, while pulling a motherless crack baby from a burning homeless shelter the guy volunteered at. :shrug:
Or there's the "It's been a slow day", song-and-dance. It's fucking Vegas! Even when it's "slow", people are waiting for cabs. I don't want to hear about how I'm only your third fare "all day".
But, I shouldn't be so mean. You wouldn't believe how many of these poor guys just want to make enough to get the hell outta town! I can't even count the guys who have told me that they were "robbed at gun/knife point the other night"! That was the last straw for them. They just wanna make enough to get back to ___________, and start over again.
.......This town just aint the same.........