I used to believe vending machines would rip me off and not give me my change back. I always hated math so I thought, how could a vending machine be so smart and figure out how change was needed to be given back.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- i believed that little men sat in the back of vending machines and pushed the sweets forward.— rachael
- I used to belive that there were tiny people in vending machines that gave you your food.— Meah
- I used to think vending machines had a person inside, who would hand you the item that you'd selected.Anon
- I used to think that ATM machines just gave out free money when you needed it. Ahhh if only...Anon
- I thought change was the store's way of saying thank you.— Madeline
- When I was 6 I truly thought that if something was £50 and you gave them £30 you got the goods AND £20 changeAnon