Well as the only enlisted man in the Federation Navy he holds a position of vast importance as the only guy that everyone in Star Fleet can treat as garbage.
there was one episode where he's doing some repairs and the Captain points out that something else needs to be done and O'brian turns around to an ensign and asks him to go do the work.
In real life, that Ensign outranks him as well.
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