Except the LBS, who everyone felt bad for, then awkward, then she just didn't fit into their circle any more.
Uhhhh...why didn't they rally around the LBS?
Perhaps because she didn't get a life, and it seems that the WAS and the world, for that matter, will kick people when they are down. The WAS in the Four Seasons was in free-fall, and everyone let her fall through the cracks. Act like a victim and people will gladly pull the lever that executes you.
Sorry to be so cynical. It just seems to me, these days, that if I don't care for myself, no one will.