He's like freaking CityTV: He's everywhere!

Remember my post earlier this year about me meeting a robot on my front doorstep? If not, let me refresh your memory. (Linky here!)

Today, while meandering downtown on a Thanksgiving Monday on Wellington Street, we bumped into Robbie the Friendly Robot. Robbie, who seems to be a robot with a heart, was collecting money for the food bank. We made a donation. We took another photo of Robbie and my daughter. Actually, he's quite a photogenic robot.

For a robot, he gets around. This is the fourth time I've seen Robbie. The first two times were on my front doorstep and the third was at a cancer run in June. I've seen a picture of him on Meanwhile in Canada's facebook page. Robbie is like CityTV in Toronto. He's everywhere!

When robots come to call

Forget Zombie Apocalypse. Think Robot Invasion.

I kid you not, a robot came to my front door the other night. At the time, I was busy pinning pins on Pinterest when the door bell rang at 9:15 at night. Having solicitors come to your door at 9:15 at night is quite unusual. Kind of peeved, I swung open the door and I instantly saw blinking red lights. Confused, I stood there. Once the robot started talking in its electronic voice, I was almost tempted to slam the door shut. What the hell was the first thought that ran through my head.

To make a long story short, Robbie the Friendly Robot was soliciting donations for an upcoming run benefiting men's cancers. Unfortunately, I was broke, but made the promise I'd give a donation if he came back another night.

And he did! When he came back last night I snapped this photo. My husband, who didn't really believe my mumbling about my first encounter with the robot, came to the door with our young daughter. She just stared. I was giddy. I got two photos and me and Robbie shared a fist bump.

We may encounter Robbie again. My husband is running in the same run. Robbie is running the 2K, which is a very ambitious goal considering he moves slow and it will be fairly hot day as most June mornings are in Ottawa.