When I was a little kid, the basics of commercial transactions was explained to me as 'you buy things that are for sale.' unfortunately, due to exposure to mass media, i quickly got it confused with 'on sale,' as in a cheaper price. Needless to say, I was an unintentionally thrify (and sometimes disappointed) shopper whenever I went to a store with my mom and always asked the clerk, "Is this on sale?"
A childhood belief about going shopping
others believed things like this
- When I saw signs stating "Lots for sale" I thought it meant that there was a lot for sale.— Robin
- I used to belive that, when a store held a "liquidation sale", all the unsold stuff would be melted down.— Marty
- i thought the for sale sign buy owner things meant that u could also buy the owner — brandi
- i used to believe when you died you went to heaven and played sale of the century!!!!Anon
- I used to believe that if a item wasn't "on sale" then you weren't aloud to buy it.— Meagan
- I used to think that a car boot sale was where motorists exchanged car boot lids.— Alan, Sheffield, UK