Why are Las Vegas cabbies so weird about tips?

[Emperor]

I landed in Vegas at 11:45pm on New Years Eve. Hopped in a cab. Very nice cabbie asks where to, and I reply the monte carlo. He floors it and asks if I have seen the fireworks on new years before, I reply that I hadn't. He says, "well traffic is crazy, you are going to miss them if I take you all the way around to the MC, how about I drop you across the street at Paris?" I said, "that'd be great!"

This extra thought got this guy a larger than normal tip.


Another time I hopped in a cab at the SLO airport at midnight. I needed a ride to Arroyo Grande, about 20 miles. He explained he wasn't supposed to be taking fares as he was supposed to be picking his boss up at the airport. I asked if there were anymore cabs assigned to the airport, he replied that there weren't. He said his boss would have to wait, and took me home at about 100mph on backroads playing the local metal station loudly. He got a nice tip.

If cabbies are going to angleshoot for a larger tip, at least tell a good story. Comedic Cab drivers are the best.