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When I was little I used to have the habit of sticking my hand up inside vending machines, trying to reach the candy.
One day my mom told me that I shouldn't stick my arm up into the machine, because there were little men inside who dispensed the candy, and if I put my arm up inside far enough, they would grab me, pull me in, and I would forever spend my life as a vending machine worker.
To this day (I'm 22 now) I still have to get someone to reach into the vending machine pockets to fish out whatever I purchase.
Mufkin
This isn't my belief, but something a friend of mine heard a small girl say as she was exiting a store.
In New Zealand, there's a store called "The Warehouse." In the commercials, it always says "The Warehouse -- Where everyone gets a bargain!"
This girl was only about three or so, and so she didn't know what a "bargain" was, only that everyone who went to the store got one. Apparently, she was heard crying and wailing upon leaving the store about how she "didn't get her bargain!"
Alison Sha
when i was a kid, i used to believe that in the utility shop that i passed by every day, they'd have a sale one day, and the price of a real big car would be $1 and i'd buy it
Ian
My sister and I used to believe that the "payers" (cashiers) in stores got to keep all the money in their cash registers.
Tracyca
When I was around 8 years old, My Mom wanted to take me into the “Sears-Roebuck” store. I didn’t want to go because I thought she was saying the “Sears-Robot” store. I was afraid there would be robots in the store that would chase me around.
Ellen
When I was little I would not go on the escalator as I thought if I did not get off on time, I would be taken underneath. Walked a lot of stairs in those days.
Helen Wildman
one time when i was young my grandma took me shopping and we split the list. on my list was the letters T.P. i thought she was too emberassed to write out "Tam-Pons" so i went walking over to the isle that contained them. she asked what i was doing and i replied 'getting your 'tam-pons' gramma. she was throughly emberassed as was I when she corrected me and told the story to everyone in the family.
Ashton
When I was little and my mother left me in the car while she ran into the shops I used to think that if I froze whenever someone walked past, they'd think I was some kind of statue and therefore would not kidnap me. I taught this to my little brother and sister who tested this idea out when they spilt a bottle of milk on the floor. My father walked in and they froze like statues, standing right next to the mess. My father (somehow saw them) punished them.
When I was little, I thought a sweater outlet was where you took your sweater to get " let out" after you grew out of it so it would fit.
suzie
When I was 5 years old I used to think that the people at the A and P grocery store gave us money to do our shopping. It used to make me so happy because we didn't have a lot of money and I knew that getting our groceries paid for would mean less stress for my mom. At the time I did not understand the concept of cashing a check, which was what was really happening.
kruisebaine
I used to believe that the people who worked at the mall lived there. I thought that they slept on the display beds, wore the clothes that were being sold, and ate at the food court. I wanted to work and live there too. I was disappointed when I found out the truth.
xoxo
I knew it was wrong to talk to strangers so I would yell at my mom and get worried when she chatted with people in the grocery store line.
Before i knew how to read, my sister told me that the grocery store "grand union" was pronounced "grand onion" because she was not actually that good at reading. i figured that they must be well-known for their onions...
Emily
I use to buy a lot of used cd's at a store where they had a large selection of cd's with the initials "VS" on them. I thought that "VS" was a person who had sold back his old cd's. I can remember thinking that i would like to meet the guy who is selling back hundreds of cd's. As it turned out, "VS" stood for "very scratched". Doh!
pepe
when I was about 10 and saw "sundries" advertised on stores I thought they sold raisins, prunes, etc.--"sun dries", things dried in the sun.
DJ
Back in the 70s there was a retail stor at every mall called Korvette's. Imagine my disappointment to find out that they sold clothes and not cars! :(
I used to think that the change from giving money of greater value than the total purchase was a profit for the buyer.
MD Caruso
My sister and I used to dig up the yard because we would think that if we dig deep enough, we will get to Toys 'R' Us and get all the free toys we want.
Rose
When I was little, my dad used to always take me to this McDonald's that was right next to a Sears. The Sears sign must have been really big or something because I would always refer to McDonald's as Sears.
Polly
As a 7 year old, out shopping with my parents, my two elder brothers told me about this place they called children's world. they told me that it was a place where they punished children like myself , locking them in for life where they could be kept away from everybody, especially other children. As you will have guessed,but as i didn't realise at the time and could only see the place from outside, children's world was actually a kids' entertainment store and there were giant
slides on display that could be used.my brothers said this was a trick so that i could be locked in as soon as i got in, and that like it or not, mum was going in there to look next and i had to go in with her, and i wasn't coming out.
gullable girl
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