Situational Authority

Authority does not cover a person in all places. A person in power is not in power everywhere. I have seen that clearly in the past few days. My father has been lucky and has very nice roommates. The children of the roommates are people who are in authority in their workplace. They have limited to no authority in the hospital. I hear their parents reprimanding them. Even though the children are in their 60's, their 90 year old parent is still in charge. Yesterday the roommate was scheduled for a test. He waited all day. His son, who has a very high powered job, had no say in the hospital schedule. He was at the mercy of someone else's authority. A person's level of importance changes according to the situation.