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All understood. I didn't offer my opinion to make a point nor with any intention to dispute others' nor change their minds.
I'm just more of the mindset of positive effect beyond a mere business decision. Taking into account the economic factors there, he had the opportunity to truly impact a life as if winning the lottery. All an emotional assertion, and all me projecting my own values, I get that. It's just, my brain doesn't work that way when dealing with people. If I liked the guy even a little, 2.5%-5% would have been a given.
Heck, when the DirecTV guy came to do the install when I moved here, I liked him. Good family man. For 2 hours work, I gave him a $50 tip. Same for the guy that ran our fiber optic, the locksmith, plumber, etc.
If there's a good person involved who had been along for the ride when I won $1.3M, my thought would be to change a life rather than any previously agreed upon number.
Circling back around, these are all my projected convictions and I don't assume that anyone should agree with me. The question being, "would this change my impression of Kuchar?" the answer is yes, and this is why. Has it yet changed my opinion of the man? No because we don't know what is fact but as to the hypothetical, if true, it sure would.
Kuch supports numerous charities. How do you know that money won't go to them and impact MANY lives?
Also, at what point does a percentage of something become insanity? Why does the great service at Applebee's only get a 20% tip of 7 dollars vs the service at super fancy steakhouse warrant a 20% tip of 50 dollars? None of that makes ANY sense to me, and I doubt I'm alone in it. Relying on a bill as a percentage is broken math. Handing someone you barely know and have a language barrier with an extra 2,000-3000 dollars for four days work is a CRAP ton of money in my books.