going shopping

I used to believe that when you paid tax on a purchase, you paid extra money because you didn't have any tacks to pay, and that the cashier took the money and bought the tacks themselves so they wouldn't get in trouble with the IRS.

James

Counting: I used to think that 50% off of an item on sale, plus 50% off that meant it was free.

CV Sharkey

When I was little I was afraid to go to Business Depot with my mom and little brother. It sounds stupid, but when my mom said Business Depot, I thought she said Mrs. Depot and at that time I was really shy and I didn't want to visit some old lady. :P

Sarah

Back in the 70s there was a retail stor at every mall called Korvette's. Imagine my disappointment to find out that they sold clothes and not cars! :(

Anon

I used to believe that there were people inside a vending machine that made the snacks.

Scaleywag

When my mom was little, she believed that they actually sold fleas at flea markets.

Anon

I used to think shop workers served their customers by hokding up the item at the counter, and saying 'this will cost you ____'.

Anon

When I had to ride on escalators when I was little I would always get really nervous near the top or bottom. My big brother told me that little kids had gotten sucked down the grates and they would try to grab your ankles and make you live down there with them.

April

I used to see signs that said antiques and thought those people owned the property.

Anon

When I was little, my dad used to always take me to this McDonald's that was right next to a Sears. The Sears sign must have been really big or something because I would always refer to McDonald's as Sears.

Polly

just like every other stupid little kid when we went to the mall i refused to us the esclater. i would have my dad pick me up at the last second. to this day i take a large step off................you know just i case!

dady i scared!

when mommie was mad at me when i was little, she told me that she was going to return me to store where she originally bought me from. i thought kids got bought up until the age of 27.

fern

For most of my childhood life (from birth to age 11) I lived in the area. My family always went to the same grocery store(a Kroger), so until I was about 6, I thought that everyone in my city went to Kroger for grocery shopping, so I was shocked when I went to kindergarden and found kids who went other places for groceries!

Anon

Up until I was 14, I thought that the store" Car toys" didn't sell car accesories, but that they sold phones, phone accesories, and mp3 players and walkmans. I was shocked to see an ad on tv for "Car Toys" selling tvs for your car and speaker systems for your car.

tamara

I thought a store called a "sundry" was a place where you could buy sun-dried items like raisins.

Aretia

when i was little we friends used to go for shopping. if the count is odd i.e. if there are odd number of people. we used to carry a stone along. Thats a belief that one should never go oddnumbered. quite a weird belief!!!! huh!!!!!!

anusharaji

i used to beleve that only adults cuold buy things, and that ment anything, not just certen things.

mrs. wonderful

i once went shopping with my mom. she told me that she was looking for a "teddy" meaning lingerie. i thought that she meant a teddy bear. I was confused to why when we were in the wrong section of the store....and then yelled, "mom this is not where you buy the teddy's!!" I embarrassed her!

Anon

I used to think that if you didnt jump onto the first step of an escalator and off the last on then you would be sucked in. And if your shoe lace got stuck it would sucku you in and flatted you in shreds.

Amanda

I used to believe that writing a check simply showed the store that yes, you did have that amount of money in the bank and that was sufficient to buy something.

Dan M.