"Ask him how many Rashids there are," Daniel advises Lestat, at this turn in conversation. Even though, at this point, he's pretty sure Louis is only referring to every single employee as 'Rashid' just to mess with him. See how far through labels he gets. Real Rashid. Fake Rashid. Miss Rashid. New Rashid. Temp Rashid.

Anyway—

He is going to just focus on driving, and allow Louis and Lestat to chat interrupted in a bit, and will rejoin the conversation when they reach the extremely busy and outlandishly overblown truck stop in an hour or so.