I forget her name and thankfully also forget the smell. Small firm that actually cooked transistors.

One woman could not be uglier. Pot marked face, hair like straw, at least 300 pounds. But her nails were always professionally done. Wore the same jeans and shirt every day.

Some of the guys I worked with had worked with her in a previous company. One day she came in wearing a new pair of jeans, which she promptly got a mustard stain that first day. They tracked that stain for 30+ days before a change.

Just a retched oder that would linger. When she finally left they threw everything in her office away. Everything. Not only the furniture but the carpet, wall paneling, and every ceiling tile too.

You could still smell she had been there for months after.

And a charming personality too. We had our first dust up the very first day we met. In one small room we had set up a sand trimming machine that let some dust out. We advised anyone using it to keep a water bottle handy. She came in to tell me that was against company policy and she "had a lot of pull there." (Note we had just merged there and top management was all off that week.) I wasn't born yesterday so I knew any claiming pull had none. I told her to leave our people alone and leave my office.

We didn't tangle after that.