Dot attended an event many years ago. Guest of Honour was S Iswaran. If dot recalled, he was only a Minister of State then, not a full minister. As he entered the room, the emcee asked everyone to stand up to greet him. Everyone stood up except dot. Dot remained seated.
Dot was thinking: "what status is S Iswaran that everyone has to stand to attention? He is an MP and he serves the voters. As far as dot is concerned, he should be standing up to his masters: the voters."
Moral: don't blindly follow instructions which may be given by monkey see-monkey do organisers.