When my husband was a kid his mom worked as a bartender, and he thought that meant she was allowed to get drunk at work. How else was she to know how the drinks she made tasted?
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- I thought if someone worked full time it meant they worked 24/7 and never did anything else!— andalite
- i thought hot dogs were made from real dogs and sum tasted good sum didnt.— Wayne
- My uncle once said that elves were really badchildren made to work in santa's work shop— Some guy
- my husband believed, until recently, that the word "several" meant seven of something. — sheryl
- When I was little I believed little men and little women worked inside my body to make everything work.— Ashley
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon