and again

I'm not going to stop standing up for myself at work, especially in this office.

Whitney sent an update on the reports (that she hadn't been working on but actively lied about). While she was updating me, she Cc'd Andrea to update her on a report she doesn't know is for me.

And because Andrea presented her with something I didn't ask her to AND ignored what I did ask for, I went ahead and requested it myself and, like magic, I got exactly what I wanted. 

AND ANDREA REPSONDED IN BETWEEN OUR CONVERSATION TO THE WRONG EMAIL. 

I emailed Whitney to thank her and offer up an alternative that may work. She responded with details and a copy of the report as a test.

Andrea responded to my response to Whitney with a very excited tone without saying much. She just said that it's great news, and we can work out the kinks (and by we she means me) and she understands the issue.

Well thanks for completely ignoring what I offered as a solution in response to said offered solution from me. I swear she thinks every interaction I have with Whitney is a fight and I've already made it clear what it is and what it ain't and she is not listening to me.

It's frustrating.

And then I responded to Whitney to thank her and let her know whatever she did made a world of different.

If she'd taken the time to read my email, outside of whatever fearful lense she's wearing, she would have seen it for what it is.

A compromising effort to get what I need from Whitney within her capabilities.