Checkboard,
With you 100% on the last paragraph.
It is possibly a generation thing, and definitely a "nationality" thing (thinking of a very flat country here)
Sometimes we have to remind our colleague that the old joke
"Crew Resource Management" =
We are "The Crew"
You are "The Resource"
I am "The Management"
Is in fact not a joke, but a statement of legal fact.
Oh BTW, I am only a cantankerous old sod when someone takes the p1ss, I do usually try (& hopefully succeed) in keeping that in reserve for when it is needed ,as a last resort.
As Al has said, the best option is to identify/eradicate it early in the day, lest it rear its ugly head even higher later, to everyones disadvantage.