I used to believe that the sign "in case of fire, do not use elevator" was meant to be proactive. I read it as "you shouldn't use elevators, because someday, there might be a fire." It never stopped me from using elevators, but I remember being puzzled by the sign.
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I use to think elevators were alligators & cantalope was antelopes.Anon
- I used to think that smoking was good since it was banned in elevators.— olikafibi
- I used to believe that elevators were gates to other worlds and the void.Anon
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney