double standards

Occasion 1:
was quite pissed the other day when my boss told the IT manager to send an email to all staff saying that we are not supposed to install any unauthorised software like msn messenger and skype and yet my boss himself is allowed to have them simply because he is THE BOSS. how do you expect your staff to respect you when you have such double standards?

Occasion 2:
i was just looking at the website of the hotel which i'll be staying in shanghai for my business trip. and i saw payable internet access for the type of room which i'll be staying in and i thot why did they book us such cheap rooms without internet. then came an email from my HK IA counterpart with the confirmation of the rooms. and i went on to read the email correspondence between the HK staff and the Shanghai staff who booked the rooms for us.

HK: is there internet access in the rooms? it is essential for us.
i heard that the internet rates are quite steep.

SHA: i forgot about the internet access. but i can have you upgraded to another room with free internet access for another RMB80 per night. do you want me to change the bookings for all 3 of you?

HK: that sounds reasonable. please upgrade the room for myself.

emphasis: essential for US. but upgrade for MYSELF.

i can't imagine we are given different treatments although we are all there for the same purpose. does it mean because she is the boss, she gets to use internet? she doesn't even ask if we needed it. anyway the charges will be charged to the shanghai office and they have already offered us a change. so i don't understand why the upgrade is only done for 1 person and not all of us.

i see others in the company spending so much on business trips and yet we have to scrimp that little bit. the small fries have no welfare at all. so much about being in a "US MNC"!!!