My daughter used to think that when you get "Fired" (from your job), it meant that your boss would come to your house at night and set your house on fire!
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- My daughter used to believe that when someone is fired from their job, it meant it literally.— Sally's mommy
- I used to think that being fired meant they set you on fire.
Or they just chopped off your head.Anon - I used to think that if you met your parents' boss, your parents would be fired!! AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!— Spoot
- The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- I thought "deployed" meant "fired".Anon