I used to believe that "getting fired" meant that if you screwed up really bad at work, the police would come and shoot you with a flamethrower. I pictured it as a garden hose that sprayed fire instead of water. To me, this explained why my mom was always so worried about it.
A childhood belief about work
you weren't the only one
51 of you believed this
- 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 when a person was "fired" from their job, that they were literally burned at the stake.Anon
- 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 someone said they had been fired, they had been lit on fire. — Tammy