I used to believe that when an adult said they were "going to work", it meant that they would all go to the same big building where they would each turn a giant nut on a screw with a huge wrench for hours.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you drank coffee before you were an adult, your skin would turn gray. Anon
- I used to think the Empire State Building was called the "Ten-past-eight building".— Alex
- I thought if someone is in a vegatative state they literally turn into a giant vegetable!— Samilton Duerheiser
- I thought that the Allen wrench was named after an actor from Home Improvement, Tim Allen.— Jorge
- In kindergarden my friend told me that there were 24 hours in the day and 15 hours in the night.— Cari
- I thought if something was radioactive it meant if you turn on a radio near it it would blow up— Nate