I have a fan. I HAVE A FAN! WOW!
havesomeseichel – Yes, I do have a suggestion. First of all, I recommend that you try to understand that there are some people who have difficulty dealing with other people. In general these people are very difficult to deal with, but they can be dealt with if you are PATIENT!!! The solution is not to only work on doing everything to please them – because that is usually impossible (and also because “fixing” yourself will not make this person’s problem go away, but that’s not your concern).
I don’t know much about your situation, but I can suggest a starting point. You say that this person won’t talk to you (or barely does) except to provide criticism. How about if you try to develop a segment of your relationship with this person in a neutral way. Try to find something to talk about that can produce a conversation. You might start with talking about what you did over the weekend, or maybe how you found this great deal on something. Try to get the other person’s interest, and maybe he or she will respond with something of his own. Start simple. Hopefully, after a while this person will offer something more than just idle small talk. That is where you are trying to go. But don’t hurry or force it.
I think that if this is successful, it can be the foundation for getting this person to see you as a human being who needs to be treated with respect. If the person respected you, he or she would not be treating you in this way. I might be making more of this situation than there is to it, but that’s because I don’t know what it is really like.
Good luck!