When I was young, I used to think that tollbooth collectors actually kept the money. I used to tell people that I wanted to be a tollbooth collector when I grew up!
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- i used to want to be a tollbooth attendant because i thought they got to keep all the money.— adam j. sontag
- When I was young I thought the IRA was like the IRS and that Ireland was overrun by irate tax collectors.— jhager
- When I was young and someone asked me what I wanted to be once I grew up, I'd say "A DOG!"— Alysia
- I used to believe that I really COULD be anything I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a unicorn. Anon
- I believed money didnt exist and you could just get anything you wanted.— Mr Money
- I wanted to be an elephant when I grew up. — Vix