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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Mean-Avocado4922 on 2025-07-04 20:03:08+00:00.
This took place at the end of my senior year of high school. Throughout the school year, we would be given paperback copies of the books we would be reading on the syllabus (IB English). We were told to keep them and have them ready to return at the end of the year. My teacher specified that she wanted the books returned to her class in a cardboard box. June finally rolled around, so I gathered all of my books. However, I didn’t have any cardboard boxes at home, so I put them in a brown paper grocery bag instead. On the appointed day I brought the bag of books with me to class to turn in. My teacher refused to accept the books because they were not in a box. Super steamed because I had to lug the books around the whole rest of the day, I complained to my friends about the situation. One of them had a suggestion. That evening he found me a box that would fit all of my books. Being a photography student, he had access to some super strong photo mounting spray. We sprayed every flap of the box and sealed the books in tight. Once dry, we tested the box and found that, to our satisfaction, we couldn’t open the box with our bare hands. I returned the books with a smile the next day. I only regret that I couldn’t have been there to see her struggle in vain when it was time for her to check in my books.