When I was little my dad got a job as a dispatcher at the local police station. Until I was about 6 I believed that he was a "ditch patcher" and thought he fixed holes in ditches. Even visiting him at work didn't dispel my visions of him filling in holes with dirt from a bucket.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- when i was little i believed that leprecauns put the holes in crumpets.Anon
- i believed that the holes in swiss cheese were cow farts.— lily
- I believed that fairies lived in lamp posts - their front doors were the little holes where the key fits.— Janice
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- Me and my sister used to dig holes in the yard because we thought we could dig to china.— Savannah
- I use to believe I had holes in my bum cheeks for my farts to come out— jackL