They compare pay-day loans to a taxi cab, which is cost-effective for short distances but probably not the best way to travel from New York to San Francisco.
They can get paid in two different ways: either by a percentage (usually about a third) of the gross fares, or by renting the cab by the day or week and paying all fuel costs.
When one patient had her stomach pumped in the er after an attempted antidepressant overdose, Linehan told her parents not to come, and had her take a cab home and report for work the next day.
According to the prosecution, the charges were based on both videotape evidence as well as the testimony of a cab driver who told authorities he saw Pearl get into a car with Saeed on the day he disappeared.