Today, my school textbook's back cover ripped off. Not wanting to have my teacher find out, I glued the cover back together. Only after the glue dried did I realize that I actually glued the back cover upside down. FML
JillianJuneBug tells us more.
Hey this is OP, I made an account to comment and shed a little light on the situation. Yes, I go to public school, and yes we have to pay fines for damaged or missing books. The thing is, the back cover was only barely hanging on and it snapped off while I was taking it out of my bag. I put down in the original FML that it came off due to being worn.
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jenninator93 18
Just tell the teacher not to judge your book by its cover.
J215B 33
Blame it on a manufacturing error.
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Comments (48)
Carpenter_C 14
You could rip off the front cover and glue it on upside down. It'll match the back and the book will look fine.
purelymixed 17
Wouldn't everything inside be upside down then
201chasew 22
#18 Let's just rip out the insides and flip them upside down as well.
EllaHere 16
Well, I guess that's one moment where the classic "pretending to read, but the book ends up upside down" can actually work in your favor... At least, halfway...
jenninator93 18
Just tell the teacher not to judge your book by its cover.
HighasaCloud 46
I laughed way harder than I should have. Thank you for making my day
purelymixed 17
Details, minor details…
Scrambled 21
It just ripped off? You sure you didn't rip off the cover in frustration?
turtles4life 24
She could have been holding it by the back cover page or something, but even then it had to have been pretty worn to tear off.
Ashd09 30
Since OP doesn't want their teacher to know, I'm guessing the textbooks are classroom sets that the students borrow, and only pay for if they lose or damage it. The textbooks in my school have been around since the 70s, it's possible that OP's book is old and the cover easily ripped off due to something small like picking it up by the cover, or dropping it at an odd angle
kimg0885 23
Hopefully the teacher wont notice.,Since it's only the back cover and not the actual text part I'm sure that it'll be ok. I remember checking out class books before with some pretty elaborate and disgusting doodles before.
thejonac 21
at least it's less obvious than if the cover weren't there at all?
flufee2 27
Better the cover than one of the pages i guess
emeraldisle 30
Idiot
JonBall 17
The only way you can glue a cover upside down is by gluing the side that wasn't ripped. You literally can't glue it wrong way up otherwise so YDI.
keaton_miller 6
Very true.. This guy is a lier