When I was very young, I overheard my father quietly telling my mother that he was afraid he might be fired. I decided that that meant his employers would take him out the back door and shoot him dead. This really scared me for a short time until I figured out what it meant. I never did ask anyone or tell them about my fears.
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 thought "deployed" meant "fired".Anon
- I used to think that being fired meant they set you on fire.
Or they just chopped off your head.Anon - I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I used to believe that showing my bare arms meant that I was naked, so I never wore short sleeves as a kid. Anon
- I used to think that when I saw someone on TV whom I knew to be dead , it meant that it was his or her ghost.— Sophie