Vinny's hours

As we all now know, Vinny came down with a nasty case of pink eye following a night of enthusiastic and apparently friction-filled partying at Karma. However, the untold story lies in Vinny's supposed inability to work his first day at The Corner. According to Vinny, his doctor's appointment at 3:30 prevented him from working a 3-9 shift, despite the fact that he "really wanted to work." He then spent the balance of the morning harassing Sammi Sweetheart and Jolie to cover his shift, which caused a minor rift in the house. Now we are not here to question Vinny's medical condition, but we do submit that his sincerity in wanting to work is highly questionable. Considering that it appeared to take the doctor about 10 seconds to diagnose Vinny's pink eye, let's delve further into some numbers while remaining very generous to Vinny:

• Vinny was probably 20 minutes late to the appointment, because he's Vinny and he was probably talking strategy for later that night with Pauly D.
  
• Doctors are frequently late seeing patients, let alone a last minute scheduling. Also, logistical issues involving an MTV camera crew shooting inside a confidential medical office probably caused some delays. Let's put these total delays while in the office at 45 minutes.
• Despite the elementary diagnosis, let's just pretend Vinny was in there for 15 minutes chatting up the doc about the hottub.
• Pink eye is an infection that requires antibiotics, so Vinny needed to stop at a pharmacy to pick up his prescription. Perhaps there was a line of 10 minutes, and then he had to wait another 15 to get his prescription filled.
  
• Google Maps indicates one opthamologist in Seaside Heights. However, there are more than a dozen in Toms River, which is a maximum 20 minute drive. To be safe, let's say it took Vinny 30 minutes to drive home from the doctor.

Totaling these numbers up, we see that Vinny's pink eye cost him 2 hours and 15 minutes beyond the 3:30 appointment time. This means that at the latest, Vinny returned to the house at 5:45. While we do not know how far The Corner is from the house, we can safely assume it is within a 15 minute trip, putting Vinny there for the hotly debated final 3 hours of his shift without much of a problem. Does this really strike you as a man who "wants the hours?"