I remember back when I was about four or five, I was afraid of firemen. I thought they came to set your house on fire.
So, one day you can hear the firetruck going down the street. I heard it and screamed! I ran into my room, I think I stayed there for about 40 minutes!
A childhood belief about work
you weren't the only one
16 of you believed this
- I used to believe that firemen drove around in their fire trucks and started fires. I wondered why.— Albert
- I used to think the lady behind the cash register at the A & P got to keep all the money in the drawer.Anon
- I thought firefighters were really "firefires," and burned houses down insted of putting them out.Anon
- I used to believe that flicking lights on and off in a room would still the fire department sent to my house. — Chase