When I was young, I remember hearing my dad say that a co-worker of his was fired. Not knowing the meaning of 'fired' at the time, I pictured his co-worker being attacked a literal wall of fire.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon
- I used to think that being fired meant they set you on fire.
Or they just chopped off your head.Anon - I used to believe that when you were fired, you were shot.— Murray
- I used to think that blow-jobs happened when you got fired from a job— MeGaN
- My daughter used to believe that when someone is fired from their job, it meant it literally.— Sally's mommy
- I thought "deployed" meant "fired".Anon