add on the fact that most of your take-home pay is made through tips, you also now have to be subservient and overly nice to everyone lest you run into some entitled piece of shit who loves the personalized control they get from influencing someone's behavior with tips.

This is all btw under the assumption of a "classic" taxi job that barely even exists now. Most actual drivers work for uber/lyft, which adds a whole other layer of exploitation, pressure and stress. Good highlight of this is the Financial Times Uber Driver game. https://ig.ft.com/uber-game/