Other reasons

The original version of this just wasn't working for me so I had to rewrite it. Originally it was going to be a gag about having someone set George up like John and Lyn were in this version.

John and Lyn were introduced through Jack and Jules. Jack is still Lyn's brother and Jules works with John.

George was going to say something like he's an only child so he doesn't have a brother to set him up with someone... and there'd be a facepalm from Lyn...

But that just wasn't working for me. George was coming off way too dumb.

This way we see pre-zombie George's quirks a bit more and he doesn't come off like a rock.