I especially do not appreciate mindless rules and strictures, created simply for the fun of having them. There's just no reason to respect an establishment that makes rules with no redeeming values.
I cannot abide an authority who thinks that he or she has risen above their peers because they have tasted power. Fools who think that some modicum of authority allows them to dictate their fellows deserve destruction by the clever manipulation of the rules and by-laws they purportedly uphold.
One who in their athority becomes negligent of those that she recently arose from deserves indifference from her new charges. Any duty left undone reflects badly on them, and there is always someone higher on the food chain who is hungry for fresh blood. Care and strategy can make the authority an object lesson, but not the lesson that the heiarchy expects to set.
Finally, when all else fails, one can always resort to duplicity. Make an enemy of your supervisor and fall down the stairs, claiming he/she "pushed" you. It'll be your word against theirs, and since you have the broken leg people will naturally want to believe you. Blackmail, seducing a spouse, slander and libel, all are good ways to dispose of a tyrant, or at least get revenge for the tyranny. Other methods are just as good, but ambushing them on their way to their car with a baseball bat is likely to get you into trouble.
Just because you have authority over someone does not give you the right to act with impunity. The one you use and mistreat may turn into a foe. And if you are vastly inferior to this foe, you don't have much chance of escaping intact. Courtesy and niceness are the best tools for someone who manages, for there may be a superman aborning that will seek to destroy them if he feels abused.
