This means that while asking someone to do something in a normal way is not considered impolite when the speaker is in a position of power, for example a boss asking an employee to do something, even politely worded requests could be deemed to be rude, if the speaker were in a position of very low power.» (politics.co.uk)
Slipping away from family obligations in the name of asana may seem impolite in the moment, but you'll be better company for exactly that reason. (mindbodygreen.com)
My own responses to him, while I work to make them substantive, are as impolite as I can bring myself to be, in hopes he'll seek welcome elsewhere rather than repeatedly disrupting worthwhile discussion here; although thankfully, perhaps, it's not up to me to decide who comments here and who doesn't 8 ^ -RCB-! (realclimate.org)