One day when I was very young my grandpa was going to the bank. He showed me his check, and explained it to me. I told him I wanted some money too. I got out my red crayon, and some paper. I tried my best to copy his check. I even put a line under my name. I gave it to my grandpa, and asked him to take it to the bank for me. He said it wouldn't work. He said it was a hot check. I thought about it for a while. Then I took out some more paper and my blue crayon. I copied the check again, and handed it to him. I told him it wasn't hot anymore it was cold because I used blue! It took him quite awhile to explain it to me.
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could create money (that you didn't previously have) by writing a check.Anon
- My grandpa told me that edible part of the watermelon was blue until you cut them open. Anon
- We would drive by UNION BANK here in California and I would say "Onion bank!" My Mom would bust up laughing.— BINGO
- I used to believe the bank "scottish widows" was run by widows, and only gave bank accounts to widows.— Angelmouse
- I thought it was against the law to carry around a lot of money unless you were putting it in the bank.Anon
- i used to believe that if you were broke that you could go to the bank and get money for free!— Karianne