If it can go wrong…

Happy to be able to retrieve this piece from google since I no longer have my master file.
http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/myanmartimes/no78/Timeouts/3.htm

A FRIEND of mine worked as an operator at one of the popular cinemas in Yangon. His job involved projecting the national flag prior to the show and switching on the lights when the show finished. One day he fell asleep during the film and missed his cue to turn on the lights when it finished. The audience had to leave the cinema fumbling about in the dark. He was called in to see the manager, and in punishment had a deduction in his salary. Next time, although he should have been more careful to avoid such mistakes, he made a serious mistake in projecting the national flag. The audience were confused as to whether they should laugh or cry. Imagine by yourself what kind of punishment he would receive. Another of my friends, one day, went downtown to attend a computer class. After getting off the bus, she decided to cross the road straight from the bus stop, as the zebra crossing was a little bit far to walk to. As she reached the other side of the road she spotted a traffic control police car in front of her. She instinctively ran the opposite way, in an attempt to escape the scene of the crime. The policeman came after her, but no sooner had she gone about 14 metres at such a fast pace then she realised her longyi was becoming loose. The policeman was gaining on her, as she desperately tried to flee with her clothes slowly unwinding. As soon as the policeman caught up to her, she handed him her books and files and resolved her clothing emergency.
The policeman, politely, held her piles of things before starting his jaywalking lecture. Not so sympathetically, she was later taken to the police station and fined K500. One Saturday during a staff training session, our editor asked all of us whether there were any problems at work. My colleague then started to complain about her poor hearing and how she felt, in general, these days. Apparently, since she had got caught in the rain, she could not hear what others said to her properly, since water had clogged up her ear. Sympathetically, our editor gave her advice and the young reporter nodded her head to in response. At the end our editor said, jokingly, "Don’t worry, you’ll be alright and get a boyfriend." And to our complete amusement, she simply nodded her head.