Faith in humanity restored

Had about three undesirable fares in a row last night so was feeling severely hacked off and ready to pack it in and head home.
Got a shout from the office to go and pick up at a restaurant in the town centre.
It was a family Gran , Grandad , Mum , Dad and two kids, a boy about 12 and a little girl about 4.
The old boy gets in beside me and starts talking about the car , size of engine, how many passengers , fuel consumption etc.
This is a common conversation piece with passengers up there with "Busy tonight?" and "What time do you finish?"
He's a nice old geeezer so I chat away with him and am soon in a better mood.
You can tell by the way this family talk to each other that they are good people. There is no swearing , they are not drunk and when the kids speak everyone listens and makes a big fuss over them. We have a laugh about the current state of our local football team and when we arrive at the house I feel as though I'm dropping good friends off.
I watch them disappear up the driveway and the young lad is holding his wee sisters hand in the dark and the adults are walking, arms linked into the house.
I know it all sounds corny but fares like this make up for all the toerags and vagabonds that you come up against in this job.