I would imagine that you are similar to myself John M, A bit of a character and a joker in the cab who enjoys the banter with customers, but with a full screen up all that is gone.
The fares like the one posted below will be a distant past.
I had this fare in the cab one night, a mature bearded man of about 45, it was about 3am in the morning and he asked to go to Blackrock (Southside), along the way he spewed all the usual drunken bullshite telling me how much he loved and adored his 7 year old daughter, then he changed his mind and asked to be brought to Knocknaheeny (Northside). As we approached his destination he started to tell me of how his ex-partner (from Knocknaheeny) denied him access to his daughter and how he was now going to give her a piece of his mind and see his daughter.
I pulled in the cab on Bakers road before making the turn fer Knocknaheeny and turned on the man stating; "Look, I'm not holding you prisoner and I'm not telling you what to do, I will bring you wherever you wish to go, but I will break down the situation fer you. If you go banging on your ex-partners door at 3 in de morning 'Full of drink' then she will come out screaming or call the Guards or maybe both, your 7 year old daughter will be awoken and she will be terrified if there is a Garda presence in the middle of the night and most likely your ex-partner will use the situation to turn the child against you. In the next Ten minutes you may lose all access to your child forever. Now think about what I've said and tell me where you want to go ?"
He thought about it fer about Ten seconds and then said; "Home to Blackrock please Mr Taximan".
There was no further chat in the cab as his drunken confidence had been shattered, the fare at Blackrock was 27Euro, but I only asked fer a Score because of all the diversions, he handed me 30Euro on departing saying; "Keep it, Your a Good Man".
