Reb Eliezer-
Being a mentch is very important (and that and serving Hashem are the first things on my mind when I wake up every morning) but at other times it can take second place.
Consider the following parable.
You’re going on a long road trip with lots of family members when the car starts smoking and overheating so you quickly pull into the closest town as the next one is 300 miles away.
You ask a local where the closest mechanic is and he says that the small town has two mechanics.
The local explains that the two competing mechanics in town are named Donald and the other one is Joe.
Donald is a new, but brilliant, mechanic and will look the car over from bumper to bumper and fix everything in between. No one is sure how he makes a living since he doesn’t even charge enough to cover the parts let alone pay his employees or rent. But be careful- he sends mean Tweets.
Joe on the other hand has been a mechanic for over fifty years yet has never been able to accurately diagnose any issues and seems to replace parts that clearly don’t need to be replaced. Everyone in the town suspects that he has a deal with the manufacturer to replace working parts and he gets to keep 10%. But on the positive side- he doesn’t send mean Tweets.
Oh- and a PSA, keep all females away from Joe as he loves smelling women’s hair and touching little girls and making them uncomfortable.
So Reb Eliezer- which mechanic would you use, Donald or Joe?