Imagine you are CFO of mid-sized public company, raising capital to get you through an industry downturn you expect to last several years. It's generally agreed the financing markets will close up at any moment. The financing is an important cushion against bankruptcy, and mass layoffs, 18 months from now. Your deal is almost lined up, but a key investor has raised important and tricky but answerable legal questions about the structure. At 3pm, you schedule a 7:30am meeting to allay their concerns.
You will want your attorney physically present, and never mind that they live in another city.
When your attorney lands at 9:30pm, you will want them to eat something better than Olive Garden. Good food relieves stresses and refreshes body and spirit. You will care a great deal more about the quantity of wine drunk than you will the money spent on it.
Now, imagine you are hiring for that attorney one month previous to this easily-imagined scenario. You are meeting with a candidate. You will care about their dedication, their thorough familiarity with your situation, their ability to confront make or break problems on short notice. Are you satisfied with a video-conference? Or do you maybe want them to fly down for lunch?
This is about your imagination. You can imagine "the upper percentile of wealth" is populated entirely by greedy, stupid people, paid only for structural position and spending only to indulge their ego and appetite. Note, this belief doesn't leave much scope for the reason and ability and pride of the people beneath them.
Or you can generate some curiosity about the world beyond _your_ cocoon.
I might not mind Olive Garden, but part of being a gracious and generous host is ensuring that your guests are well-fed with the best you can offer. It's admittedly a very ancient and possibly wasteful ritual, but one which persists culturally. How many lawyers do you think actually enjoy playing golf? :3
As someone who comes from a family of lawyers and attorneys, I think you vastly misunderstand what most lawyers are like. I think you also go to fancier golf courses than most of us. :3
I think we just know different lawyers. I'm also in Florida, there is no shortage of nice golf courses (though the nice day part is a bit tough to pull off in the summer heat).
You will want your attorney physically present, and never mind that they live in another city.
When your attorney lands at 9:30pm, you will want them to eat something better than Olive Garden. Good food relieves stresses and refreshes body and spirit. You will care a great deal more about the quantity of wine drunk than you will the money spent on it.
Now, imagine you are hiring for that attorney one month previous to this easily-imagined scenario. You are meeting with a candidate. You will care about their dedication, their thorough familiarity with your situation, their ability to confront make or break problems on short notice. Are you satisfied with a video-conference? Or do you maybe want them to fly down for lunch?
This is about your imagination. You can imagine "the upper percentile of wealth" is populated entirely by greedy, stupid people, paid only for structural position and spending only to indulge their ego and appetite. Note, this belief doesn't leave much scope for the reason and ability and pride of the people beneath them.
Or you can generate some curiosity about the world beyond _your_ cocoon.