Testimonials

Here come the day's "full book" of clients! Everybody is doing a great job, Richie, Cry-ey Kelsey, Markoan Crawford... even Pornlet Melanie seems to be doing a decent job... (she interviews that she tried on a new attitude and wanted to prove to Tabatha that she could do more than "just fuck up." Classy as always, Melly!) And Tami is actually going around and speaking with the clients. She looks really uncomfortable doing it, too! Tabatha even sprung for an assistant-shampoo-girl and a receptionist... This way Tami can micromanage more efficiently and ruthlessly! Once she gets a taste for it, her staff are going to rue the day Tabatha stepped through their doors...

FINAL JUDGMENT

The stylists have all been outside key-keying about who's going to get promoted, and who's gonna get the axe. Pornlet Melanie thinks it's gonna be her. Cry-ey Kelsey hopes it's Pornlet Melanie, too. No, just kidding, actually Kelsey doesn't want anybody to go because she thinks they all make a great team together. Then she cries some more. Girl, get some Kleenex, you got a great big snotblob hangin' out your left nostril!

So, it's really no surprise that Tabatha says Cry-ey Kelsey has come a long, long way from the stylist who burst into tears at the beginning of the week, she's improved a lot, and that she should stay the same in her pricing. For Markoan Crawford, Tabatha thinks he should raise his coloring prices by 10%, but his haircutting prices should stay the same. Half-a-Yay! Or, I guess, Ya!

It's also a great big Duh-Hoo-OY moment when Tabatha singles out none other than Richie to be the new "creative director" of The Loft (on recommendation). Richie is quite excited by this news...

..."Her-cu-LEEZ! Her-cu-LEEZ!"...

I bet he didn't even get a raise, though, especially for the bushel of shit he's gonna have to put up with now from the likes of BlueHair and Pornlet Mel, but he says if he can be a good liaison between Tami and the stylists, they'll all make more money, and he's willing to be "the bad guy" if that's what it takes. You go, girl!

Lastly, we come to our little Pornlet Melanie. Tabatha references her recent graduation from beauty school, and that she needs to work on... well... everything. Lady T says it made it very difficult to try and teach her anything, because she thought she already knew everything... "and unfortunately you don't!" T-girl says it was a difficult decision, because initially she was either going to let her go (ha, right!) or put her at the sinks as permanent shampoo-girl... but our Miz Coffey says she "saw something" in Melly-Mel today... she was "much nicer" in her attitude, and kind of "grew up a little bit"... so she's recommending that Melanie be made a junior stylist under supervision until her skills improve.

In front of everyone, Pornlet Melanie blows a great big sigh of relief... but privately she interviews, "You know, having Tabatha tell me she wants me to become a junior stylist... I'm fine with that, I know I have a lot to learn, and I'm willing... I wasn't too worried to be honest with you!", and she drops a crafty little wink!...

...you sly Pornlet, you!...

LOL, she's prolly Tami's daughter or something... At any rate, as the Guitar Of Optimism plays peppy melodies, Tabatha says her goodbyes and warns them she could come back at any time...

..."Smell ya later, beyotch!"...

FOUR WEEKS LATER

My heart leaped at this... only four weeks? Could it be that we're coming down to the end of this season? I hope so... this whole "recapping two shows per week" thing has been wearing my fat ass out, so while I loves me some Tabatha Coffey, I could really go for a break from the bitch...

...and it looks like Lady T has been laying out somewhere tropical, because she's become quite tan all of a sudden! Bitch. She revisits The Loft a month after she left and finds everyone in good spirits... and no teal-blue polos! (Interesting.) Richie says the clients have responded very positively to the new changes in the salon, "They say it looks like it went from a grocery store to a high-end salon, they're very excited for us!"

Tami says that everything is wonderful, everyone is pitching in, and instead of hiring a full-time receptionist, she's having the salon staff rotate and put in small 4 hour shifts on the front desk to answer the phones and sell retail product... which is actually a smarter solution than Tabatha's idea of hiring a whole separate person (I think)! All right for thinking around the corner on that one, Tami!

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