I thought that when you bought things with cash the shop assistant always gave you some back - didn't understand what change (i.e. the difference) was.
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 beleived that when someone bought a new house, they would swap with the person they bought it from— c
- 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 always thought that shoplifting is about lifting the shop from the ground.— Helen
- When i was really little, i thought that pharmacy was a shop where you could buy animals, like pigs and cows.Anon