April 2-3, 2008: So Lino travels down to Gus Lloyd's house, gets kicked out, and is then reinvited back, all in the space of three days. Finally, everything is normal and Lino can enjoy his time in Florida.
Or so we thought.
About midway through Lino's Wednesday broadcast, Program Director Rob Astorino called in and, with an explanation about as weak as the coffee in the Lino Watch World Headquarters breakroom, ordered Lino to return to New York the next day for some nebulous meeting. An incredulous Lino thought that the whole thing was a joke, but Maureen received an e-mail from Rob a few minutes later saying that it wasn't. After taking numerous calls on the subject, Lino was still unsure about whether to go back to New York or defy Rob and remain in Tampa.
The next morning during the first hour of Seize The Day, Lino came into Gus' studio and announced that, after thinking about it overnight, that he would catch an early morning flight back to NYC that morning. After well-wishes from Gus, Lino departed and arrived back at the Sirius studios in time to broadcast his show on Thursday afternoon. Then things got really ugly.
During the first hour, Rob called into the show and announced that his request to bring Lino back to New York was all just a big joke that he never imagined Lino would actually fall for. He was actually surprised to see Lino in the building that day. Not only that, it came to light a few minutes later that Maureen was in on the joke the whole time. The next day Rob came into the studio to face the music from Lino and the listeners, and the listeners let him have it.
We know that we have a tendency to mock Lino whenever there's an opportunity to do so, but in this case Lino got a raw deal, and we felt really bad for him. Here's hoping that Spring Break 2009 (assuming there'll be one) is much more enjoyable for Lino.
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