By all accounts he wins eternal loyalty from people by taking their calls when their kids are sick or whenever they want medical advice. Kevin Brennan, who turns on everyone and likes no one, has admitted multiple times over the years that he’ll always be grateful to Dr. Steve for giving him helpful advice when his son was a baby and had a cough that wouldn’t go away. (And of course now wants Dr. Steve to go to jail for the lulz, while also insisting he still likes the guy. But KB is a terrible person.)
Steve has always gone to great lengths to ingratiate himself with people he thinks could be useful to him. It’s quite calculating but morons like Chad Zumock and KB think it means he’s a “good guy.”