Subjectively, that’s likely, but there’s a different way to look at it: if you think of driving the cab as providing a service, then a few people knocking off early on slow days isn’t hurting the customers (after all, the remaining cabbies can handle the traffic), and working extra on busy days helps (more cabbies, less wait).
When there are more cabs than people who want to ride, changing the number of cabs will not change the number of cab trips, as all people will immediately take their trip in whatever cab comes up. These are the slow days.
When there are fewer cabs than people who want to ride, changing the number of cabs will change the number of cab trips, as all new cabs will immediately find passengers. These are the busy days.
The cab drivers can’t change the number of passengers available on any given day, but they can influence the number of cabs.
Subjectively, that’s likely, but there’s a different way to look at it: if you think of driving the cab as providing a service, then a few people knocking off early on slow days isn’t hurting the customers (after all, the remaining cabbies can handle the traffic), and working extra on busy days helps (more cabbies, less wait).
Less cab driving doesn’t hurt but more cab driving helps? Either that’s a weird margin we’re sitting on or your rationalisations are inconsistent.
Ignoring logistical complications:
When there are more cabs than people who want to ride, changing the number of cabs will not change the number of cab trips, as all people will immediately take their trip in whatever cab comes up. These are the slow days.
When there are fewer cabs than people who want to ride, changing the number of cabs will change the number of cab trips, as all new cabs will immediately find passengers. These are the busy days.
The cab drivers can’t change the number of passengers available on any given day, but they can influence the number of cabs.
That does make sense. If the ‘on slow days’ and ‘on busy days’ qualifiers were in that post when I read it then I clearly missed them.