I thought change was what the cashier gave you when you didn't have enough money to buy all the groceries you wanted.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- that people in shops gave you 'change' if you didn't quite have enough money to pay.— suzy
- When I was 6 I truly thought that if something was £50 and you gave them £30 you got the goods AND £20 changeAnon
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- that the money I gave at sunday school would go straight to God.— christine
- I used to believe that banks were owned by rich people who gave away their money.— Lyssa