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grown-ups: work

718 beliefs

the best of work

I thought a working girl just meant any girl/woman who works and I wondered why it was considered a bad thing..

— Dietrich Corby

everybody believed these

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You can be literally anything you want - animal, vegetable or mineral

97 of you

Getting fired means being set on fire.

51 of you

Firemen start fires.

16 of you

the other 554

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I used to believe when I was child that what elder people can do in their office work, even we children can do better if we are given a chance.

— shashikanth

This is something I shouldn't say,but I ought to.
Until I understood what busy phones were,when I heard that telephone lines were busy,I actually thought they were doing some kind of work and could not be talked to by anyone until they finished their shift.

— epimeno01

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When I was young, I wanted to be a taxi driver. I have no clue why, lol. But now I realized it isn't the most exciting job...

Anon

When I was younger, my sister had me convinced that Marilyn Monroe was Madonna's mother. (This was during her Dick Tracy days) I believed this for almost three years. When my sister finally told me the truth, I was DEVASTATED for quite a while.

— Madonna, I am NOT your Mother

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I used to think I was going to be a zookeeper. Then I went on a field trip and saw how nasty the Ape House was.

— Klayne P.

When I was little my dad made me belive their was a midget in the box saying the numbers as you push them. He also led me to believe that he was especially trained to sound the same every time.

— Jared

i thought that men had to go fishing or we would starve

— david

When I was young, my dad was a retiree of the Air Force and would get retirement checks. I used that think that ANY job somebody had would pay them monthly after they quit, depending on how long they had worked there.

— Jason

When we would have firedrills the firemen would come tot he school to see how long it would take them to get there.I used to be afraid of them and when the teachers said d'ont be afraid of the nice firement. but itf its not a firemen just kick them were the sun dont shine!" I would soemtimes get them confused when i saw them cuz some of the firefighters woudlknt wear uniforms so i ended up kicking a firefighter!

— Kelsey

When my sister was in first grade, all the kids had to write down what they wanted to be for the yearbook....my sister wanted to be an old farmer woman

— Filla

My dad worked 3rd sh ift when I was growing up and he would get home usually before I had to go to school. Well we had a big window I used to stand at and wait for him to arrive...the window had nails all around it that we used to hold christmas lights. I believed that if I pulled all the nails out and put them back in he would be home before I was done. It worked EVERY time.

— Andy

when i worked at papa johns as my first job, for awhile i thought you couldnt relax in the back of the store, like it was forbidden or something.

— Mrs.Wonderful

i used to think that customers were people who work behind counters until i learnt what they really were at drama club

Anon

I used to believe I could be happy at work, but even when I'm are doing something I love.. I still get bored with it! :(

— James

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