“We pulled rank”?
What is means by pulled rank?
“Don’t worry about it,” Mulder said, “we’ll take the heat.” Isn’t it funny to say to our manager that we just pulled rank? She’s
the producer of this picture, but she never at any time made you feel that you should have your place. I’m not talking about me, I’m talking about anybody, the lowest of jobs. It is hard to say in a public office that she never pulled the rank on anyone. What are the advantages of this guy? —Julyana Garey’s secret side. Juliann Garey. — Sandra’s secrets.
What is true about Islam?
To pull rank means to make something happen or to override a decision made by others, based solely on the fact that you have more authority. If a group of Army officers really wants to go for lunch, all the lieutenants do and tuck in restaurant X, while the commandant pulls rank and says “no, we’re going to Y because I want to.” “evidently,
decision based on logic. ” It generally has a negative connotation that someone is doing something because it appeals to them personally, rather than because the decision makes logical sense within whatever bureaucratic structure has granted them authority; often the decision may fly in the
face of the greater good.
I think it is unfair to
take advantage of a privileged position. The New Oxford American Dictionary says pull rank : take unfair advantage of one’s seniority.
Why is the “unfair” connotation not always very strong, however, and to explain it in my own words, I would say “use one’s hierarchical rank to assert one’s
authority”.
To pull rank means to make something happen or to override a decision made by others, based solely on the fact that you have more authority. If a group of Army officers really wants to go for lunch, all the lieutenants do and tuck in restaurant X, while the commandant pulls rank and says “no, we’re going to Y because I want to.” “evidently,
decision based on logic. ” It generally has a negative connotation that someone is doing something because it appeals to them personally, rather than because the decision makes logical sense within whatever bureaucratic structure has granted them authority; often the decision may fly in the
face of the greater good.
