Lake62

Yes!! It's really gotten to the point where they each think that a sob story is a necessity as part of their package. Some of them, as you say, are such a stretch and some are just downright obnoxious when they talk about "how hard it was on me" and "I'm doing it for her". Switching those pronouns would be more accurate--"how hard it was on HER" and "I'm doing it for ME."

Agreed. It is breathtakingly insensitive for Charlotte to say ANYthing about their pittance of a pay being a burden to that organization.

Plus, the way Kelly started telling her there were things she could work on and Julia brightened up like, "Oh, good, this isn't a Cut meeting," only to have Kelly then drop the axe a minute later--that had to be a little embarrassing and something Kelly wouldn't do to someone she wanted to come back. They see through the fake tears, they don't like her.

They remind me of the mothers on Toddlers & Tiaras who mimc the routines from the audience.

Yes! That's because no one wrote anything for her in that scene as they obviously did for several other scenes in this episode where she just rattled off scripted lines. I actually don't have anything against her. What I don't like is management thinking they are pulling the wool over our eyes with these 180 degree transformations. VK and the Meredith stuff--they ain't foolin' no one.

DEF-initely!!