When I was a kid I thought the huge signs that hung up in stores like John Lewis said "Please play here", as opposed to "Please pay here". As a result I was always askinh my mum to let me go to the play area, and she'd ask where, and I'd point out the sign, and she'd laugh at me and tell me it didn't say that. Sometimes I'd believe her, then we'd walk to a different part of the shop, I'd see another sign, and I'd say "Can I go and play over then there please?"
Even now when I see the signs it makes me laugh.
A childhood belief about going shopping
others believed things like this
- I used to think that a conductor while conducting told the players what to play as opposed to their music.— Daryl
- I used to believe the Do Not Pass signs on the roads meant you were'nt aloud to pass the sign. I was 14.Anon
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon