Halfway through this thread, I was reading the posts and it dawned on me;

she's a troll. This is like Season 3 and she's running out of steam, so her manager conveniently quits (in this economy, no less) because she and her co-worker are driving him crazy, she manages to land a 'coffee date' despite the fact that she's a complete and total social retard, and is now listening to the worst possible advice. Why? Well, it's time for the fall finale. We'll pick back up in January and see where the story really goes.