I'm not particularly fond of the term authority figure, but I know there have been times (not often) when he has been "stern" with me. In hindsight, those were the times I was acting like a stubborn brat and he kinda took a parental role with me. I do not like that at all, so I worked on acting more like the adult that I am rather than a spoiled teenager! He's only like a year or two older than me so that was a very weird dynamic the few times it happened.