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By ChrisD2V - 01/12/2011 03:52 - United States

Today, I photocopied several hundred pages of my school's textbook because I didn't want to buy it. My school later says to just buy it and it will be reimbursed. FML

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Today, a student's parent yelled at me because they had to pay for school equipment their son had stolen from my desk. Apparently, it's my fault because the item was just too tempting for him not to steal. FML

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Thursday 1 December 2011 8:36

Way to go tree killer!

UpsideDownTurtle 6

Thursday 1 December 2011 8:42

Bind the photocopied pages together and sell it to the next un-informed student for cheaper.

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crazyarsedfly 14

Thursday 1 December 2011 10:36

Lots of work just to waste time... hope you didn't have to pay for the photocopies else you screwed yourself there...

CoolGuyJones 4

Thursday 1 December 2011 10:49

Please inform me on what "reimbursed" means..(:

glittercookies 12

Thursday 1 December 2011 10:57

The school will pay OP back.

SookyTurner 4

Thursday 1 December 2011 11:56

Are you retarted?

jmuld 3

Thursday 1 December 2011 12:06

RetarDed.

SookyTurner 4

Thursday 1 December 2011 12:10

I failed there lol

M0rt 0

Thursday 1 December 2011 12:59

Google

carlistar27 10

Thursday 1 December 2011 12:01

they only give about $10 back

Mx_Rider 6

Thursday 1 December 2011 12:01

tree killer much?

naddification 7

Thursday 1 December 2011 12:02

Next time OP, if it's something for your own education, just purchase it. Especially if it's a textbook, which you'd most likely need to use frequently.

ShadowedHuman 5

Thursday 1 December 2011 12:03

Copying more than 10% is copyright infringement. Prolly not the smartest idea posting this FML. Don't be surprised if the cyber police come knocking.

Norrec86 7

Thursday 1 December 2011 12:15

How much more was the book than the photocopies?

lhamil64_fml 5

Thursday 1 December 2011 12:19

I hope you know that photocopying a book violates the copyright and is illegal. I think it's ok if you own the book and copy it for your own purposes, but copying one you don't own is definitely illegal. Also, selling that copy is illegal too.