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this horrid woman at work is not improving my sleep deprived mood.

went up to meet someone i have to work with as we design the site and she assumes (because i'm female and married) that i've been brought to help her do work gathering data.  she asks how much i dedicate to the site, i tell her it varies.  she asks how much time i can dedicate daily, i ask her what she needs.  she repeats her question, i repeat mine (thoroughly confused, of course).  she then bllows up about if i have time for her, i should just say so.

um, ok.

so i ask her what she needs the time for, and she says it's to collect email addresses.  so i tell her i do'nt have time to do that during the day, and she, brilliantly, launches into an attack on people not wanting to do such work - without ever stopping so i could tell her that what an asshat she is (not in so many words).

quickly retreated, went about trying to find someone to help her, and find taht *every*one here pussy foots around her.  was in the office when she bitched to someone over the phone about my unwillingness to help her.

we tried to find out how much work there is so we'd know who to assign to her, and she flipped out again, this time on the defensive.  i guess she thought we were "questioning" her - really we're just trying to get the fucking work done.

and people actually respect her instead of finding her incredibly offensive and counter productive.

excuse me as i go simmer in anger...