Up until I was about 9 years old, I thought whenever you paid for something, you could ask the cashier for however much change you wanted. Whenever my mom bought something and got her change, I'd ask her as we were leaving why she didn't ask for more money.
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
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- When I was younger, I wanted to marry Willie Nelson so I wouldn't have to change my name.— stacy
- I used to believe that you had to "buy" your job. The more money you paid, the better the job. — Duke
- That everything was free. You paid for nothing, money was just to look nice.— Blasia M
- I used to think all money paid for goods at shops went to charity.— Tim