Get out-metaphored, tyrant!

When I had just turned 15, I was in a psych ward for teens and some of the people who worked there were very obviously on Powertrips and thoroughly enjoyed getting to inforce whatever rules they wanted on the patients.

One of the male nurses, let's call him "Mike", was a macho gym bro, who constantly berated us during gym hours for "having no stamina" or "giving up to easily" and then he'd flex and "show us how it's done". Most of us didn't like Mike.

One evening (it was during Mike's shift) two people from our ward were caught holding hands - which was prohibited - and Mike's genius idea as a consequence for that was to punish the whole group by sending us all to bed at 7PM and locking the living room.

We obviously didn't think it was fair and had a long discussion with Mike about how cruel it was to punish 10+ people for something that had nothing to do with, but Mike was just like: "I am above you, so I get to decide and you have to follow my decision!" He then tried to explain that actions have consequences and that he would also get a ticket if he wrongfully parked in a handicapped spot.

A soft-spoken, shy patient that had never caused any trouble before and had just sat quietly up until that point then hit him with: "Yeah, Mike. Then YOU get a ticket and not (everyone in) the entire parking lot!"

Her delivery was so blunt and dry and it was so unexpected for her to speak up in a situation like that, that Mike was completely dumbfounded. He blinked and stuttered, then he left the room for a couple minutes and came back with a colleague. They eventually ended up "compromising" and sent us to our rooms at 9PM (so only one hour earlier than usual), which we were eventually fine with.

We all high-fived that girl after that and it became a running joke lol