higherup

Such honest observations come across as “rude” in the civil worlds they inhabit where disagreement is politely shelved away after it’s determined who is higherup on the heirarchy chart, and controlling of the venue discussion.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Survival of the Fattest and the Global Superfluous Poor in the Negotiations in Copenhagen 2009

WAY higherup said "I was the 68th employee of" XXX "(XXX has 80,000 employees) I say," you must be really old "

miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2004