I was stunned this morning to discover that Gina had left Diner, and was home now making personal calls... But then I saw the menus on the counter and realized that -- hooray -- I was wrong. Gina is still on her shift... making personal calls... after spending three hours in a booth with a customer who only ordered coffee. Today's Full Strip
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I called the Pittsburgh Penguins' office yesterday, asking to speak to Sidney Crosby. Even though I insisted that I was an "old friend," the manager wouldn't put me through. So I stopped calling.
Gee, I hope Gina is a better stalker than I am.
@Peggy, are you in Pittsburgh? Me, too.
You might have better luck getting through to the Pirates. They're so bad, I'm guessing nobody ever calls them.
That is SO funny!
I tried to call the White Sox and chat with Ozzie Guillen when I heard he was leaving the team.
They used rude words and made me cry!
Another Pittsburgher here.
Maybe in the Worthiverse, pro soccer players have more prestige than in the real world.
John Tortorella gets ticked off every time I call Henrik Lundqvist
This must also mean that it is still two days before the game, as BB wouldn't be in NY otherwise. In fact, I bet Mary is waiting in the booth to hear what happens. Btw, Hina, far easier to wait until BB checks into Hotel, and call him then.
Peggy, Tony and Mary: I am from Pittsburgh, South Hills. And Gina will certainly not be getting the Employee of the Month, with this tyoe of behavior.
There is no way this isn't going to end with a joyous Bobby Black/Gina whoever reunion. We all know it; why do we need to spend another three weeks getting there?
Hmmm, I was born in Pittsburgh but my family moved to Florida when I was in the first grade. (I wonder if my first grade crush remembers me...Colleen Conroy, are you out there? Yes I remember her name and realize how odd that might sound...in the real world.)
I wonder why DINER chose to go with standard home style kitchen cabinets behind their dining counter. (If that's supposed to be somewhere in the back of DINER, okay, but seeing the MENU there, I assumed we're out in the dining area.) I'd love to see the waitresses banging each other in the heads with the cabinet doors while they fetch stuff out of those wall mounted cabinets. Or I'd like to see the patrons keep asking them to open the cabinet doors to see what kind of pies they are serving.
Do Moy and Giella communicate at all about details like settings?
"But you have to put me through; we were in love when we were 14."
"Wel why didn't you say so?! I'll put you right through."
Um, yeah.
"But you have to put me through; we were in love when we were 14."
"Wel why didn't you say so?! I'll put you right through."
Um, yeah.
@Tony: given that this is pro soccer, I have a vision of the person answering the phone putting Gina on hold, chaning his voice and becoming the Manager, putting her on hold again, and finally answering as his real identity: Bobby.
I should know better than to check the full comic.
So we go from the triumph of yesterdays's "aha!" finger to today's weepy, whiny internal cringing.
Moy and Giella must randomly trade meds to see what comes out.
Goodness, what a preponderance of Pittsburgh people on the blog. Peggy Olson @7:08 a.m., your comment made my day!
I also assumed that Gina was still at Diner when I saw the menus. However, the cabinets indicate that she decorated her own kitchen (the one she shared with the late Mamacita Jiminiz) to resemble Diner so she could refine her waitressing skills at home. Unfortunately, all of us know that that proved to be useless - Gina is the worst waitress on the planet.
''I must speak to David Beckham immediately! I'm an old friend of his... yes, I'll hold.''
Many Pittsburgh folks, indeed. I live in the East End of the city.
I had the same cupboards/menu disconnect about Gina's location. If that's a solid wall with cupboards, how do the cooks hand the platters of fried eggs and toast to the waitresses? Oh, that's right. No one actually serves food at DINER.
Now that I'm thinking of Pittsburgh and DINER, I can't help but think of Ritter's Diner
I stayed at a nearby hotel on business a few years ago and fondly remember the place and Gina would fit right in there (if you multiplied her age by 2.5). I offer this info as a service to 'burghers who might want to replicate DINER experience.
To be fair I thought the service was pretty good and the food was okay. The reviews on that link are funny.
How would Gina know which hotel Bobby was staying in? Is she calling all of them one by one? Or is there only one hotel (named "HOTEL") in Santa Royale?
Oops read it wrong - not calling hotels. Calling the Blazes main office. Gina are smart. This has been a really, really long two days. Maybe Gina can hire a sky writer to fly over the stadium during the game.
Meanwhile, back at Hospital, Mary encounters a radiantly happy and sober Jill Black. "Mary, my brother Bobby is in town for the weekend- can you come to the pool party I'm throwing for him and the other major players?"
A tiny lightbulb appears over Mary's head as she at last ponders the significance of the Black/Black coincidence.
Toots McGee: Ritters is a local institution. I ate there recently after an appt. at Shadyside Hospital. The waitress called me "Hon."
Anonymous: Gina has hired a skywriter. Too bad the game is at S.R.'s INDOOR ARENA.
@Anon 2:25pm: Santa Royale only has Hotel and Motel. Surely Gina can check both. Unless, that is, Bobby uses an assumed name ("Robby White") to fend off the likes of Gina B./J.
Strange. I just tried to call the LA Galaxy office's and they absolutely *refused* to put me through to Landon Donovon. I wonder what I did wrong...
Meanwhile, Mary's sitting at the booth, wondering how she can sneak out of Diner without being spotted by EagleEye Jiminez...oops, I mean, Jiminiz.
Meg, that would be an excellent idea!!! Although the only thing I would change is that Jill Black is still hitting the sauce. She sees Gina, remembers her from Childhood, and pushes her into Pool. Gosh, I can be such a stinker!!!!
Please, Bobby. I really need you to answer the phone and say "Gina who?
James in ND- Just check out the 12/18/2010 panel- there is little Bobby B sitting in the front pew at Jill's non wedding. ;.)
There are probably as many people from Pittsburgh following and commenting on this gorgeous blog as there are frustrated customers who have been waiting since last week for Gina to take their orders. I'm from the South Side; my dear friend who asks me to read Mary Worth aloud while using funny voices is from Mt. Lebanon.
Word verification: "unfor" - as in, it was diabolically unfor of Karen Moy to lock us in Diner all week with Mary and Gina, but that's nothing compared to how unfor and cruel the blow of fate is going to be when it falls next week.
This place looks suspiciously like Mary's own kitchen! I think Hina has blown off her shift at Diner and went to Mary's place to use the phone!
Feeling guilty about never ordering anything but coffee, Mary has swiped a Diner menu to peruse later. "Someday", Mary rationalizes, "I SHALL order a sandwich!"
In the meantime, we know there's some stale Kelk up there in the cupboard...
Sure hope Hina "gets through" soon!!
This is totally going to work, Gina. Only genuine old friends ever call the team office asking to speak to a "major player."
Uh-huh.
So now Gina is using Phone at Diner to make Long-Distance Call to Office in NYC. When will Manager come out of Diner Office and fire Gina?
Is Ernestine the operator? One ringy dingy...
I think I will call the Green Bay Packers office and see if they'll let me speak to Aaron Rodgers or Clay Matthews. I'm a team owner, after all, so they ought to put me right through.
--Beagle Vet
All that talk about Kelk made me hungry, so I googled a recipe for salmon squares. The first link that came up had a tasty sounding "smoked salmon squares" recipe in the description, so I clicked on it.
McAfee blocked it as an unsafe site, or to quote "whoa! do you want to go there?"
On second thought, maybe not.
I'm amazed that so many Pittsburghers are Worthiholics. When the next Comic-Con comes to the Monroeville Expo Mart, we should all meet and dress as our favorite Santa Royale characters!
Mary, I also live in the East End. Maybe we'll run into each other some day. (I'm the girl with a ponytail and an assumed name.)
'Mary Worth And Me' addict from Lawrenceville here. Love your suggestion, Peggy! What does this say about us Pittsburghers? Is it that Bobby reminds of us a certain Boy Mayor? http://davethequietobserver.blogspot.com/2011/06/brewed-on-grant-juice-box-radio.html
So now Gina has given her real name and phone number over an open line.
I'm sensing an impending mob hit at Stadium. Maybe involving the Goodyear Blimp. Although since this is the Worthiverse, it will just say "Blimp" on the side.
Then Scott Wright and Drs. Adrian, Drew, and Jeff will make appearances to treat victims of Mass Casualty Incident.
Aaron Rodgers has not yet returned my call. As an NFL owner, I find that unacceptable.
--Beagle Vet
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