It's just dismaying that even on commonplace decisions like this, there seemed to be people standing there who were quite willing to override his choices, with him too physically / mentally worn down to go and nail down every daggone detail.
It's a little thing. It *shouldn't* cause confusion, But at the same time, it's shocking.
It’s a sad window into the sin that remains among even the best intentioned and best positioned of believers. That they sometimes cannot find it in themselves to be gracious even when the world is watching. It will be gone in heaven, but it hurts us (and God) here.