AdamFear

Nobody, not even the nice fares, treat you like a human being. At worst you get treated like a servant, at best just ignored.

I always treat cab drivers nice and have conversations with them. Even the really fucking weird ones. I had 2 cab drivers (partners I guess) drive my daughter and I from a port to an airport (100.00+ fare). It was awkward as fuck as they showed me their gun they kept in the glovebox, stopped at a convenience store for drinks and told me all these crazy stories about ghetto fares, etc... I just put headphones on my 8 year old and continued to indulge the weirdest cab drivers I have ever had to deal with.

Maybe fares in the midwest are nicer?

I'm sure you make more in OC than you would in my part of the Midwest. I can put up with assholes for the right price.