That does sound sadly typical of them.

The first senario was especially bad imo.
Their 'suggestions' to contribute money seem more often times like requirements. Of course I remember they had the votes on whether or not to pay the cirucit overseers expenses or not---or in this case an expensive SUV. I can almost guarantee there wouldn't be one vote against it. Not that anyone in the KH is actually using any reasoning on it. They just do as expected and vote yes to whatever is announced by the elder from the platform. To do otherwise would be unthinkable....

The response about not being a social organization is pretty bad. I know there have been threads about that in the past, but they really do not look after their own. That is uniquely bad to them....