Who the Hell is Robbie...and other unanswered questions..

Here is a conversation I overheard the other day on my walk to the busstop. Like me, many of you might have unanswered questions after reading.

Lady on Cell Phone to man of unknown relationship on the other end:

"How much money do you have right now? $30? You need to give that $30 to Robbie. Why? Why? Cuz Robbie needs to EAT! (pause) AND Robbie needs to buy my father cigarettes (At this point, I think Robbie is their son and I am disturbed at a little boy buying cigarettes...)."

"I pay Robbie good money to watch my father every month (I guess Robbie is not their child)...$1,000....and he just sits up there smoking all my dads cigarettes. He doesn't do nothing but smoke his cigarettes and eat his food. My dad is an old man, he needs his cigarettes, he can't go buy them himself. He can't just walk to the store and buy his cigarettes himself" (Note: If caretaker is doing nothing and smoking all your dads cigarettes, maybe its time to find a new caretaker)

"So you need to give Robbie the $30 so he can go buy something to eat, and buy my dad a carton of cigarettes, that's why. Ok?" (Pause)

"Oh, and do you have another $20? I need money for a co-pay, I need to take my dad to the doctors tomorrow to get tests to make sure he doesn't have lung cancer."

End conversation. I'm not kidding. My eyes popped out of my head.