I used to think that checks turned into receipts. I saw the cashier stick my mom's check under the thing that would read it, and above it was the receipt printer. I saw the check go in underneath and the check come out above, so I believed that somehow the check became a receipt.
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
- I used to believe that Internet banking printed money out of the printer in our home like an ATM. Anon
- I really believed, underneath her hair, my mom had an eye in the back of her head.— Jessica
- I used to believe that as long as there were checks in the checkbook, there was money in the bank.— Michelle
- When I was a wee one I believed dogs were either black or white underneath thier coat....It was the 60's.— maddog
- I used to believe that checks and credit cards allowed you to get anything you wanted with out paying for it. — Diamond