You're better off ignoring these people and looking for support elsewhere, maybe from a junior colleague or a boss outside the situation.

He was criticised for attempting to 'shelter behind' the fact that one of the emails was vetted by a junior colleague.

You're snowed under and a junior colleague begs for help with her deadline.

He was a police officer who could see that a junior colleague was in mortal danger.

So-called 'reverse mentoring' pairs senior and junior colleagues together - but in a twist on traditional mentoring, it's the junior colleague who takes the lead.