A hilarious thing happened to me today.
Well, it wasn’t exactly funny from my point of view. It was quite sweaty and panicky really. But I guess I can laugh now that it’s all over.
At 12pm, I had to go to the toilet. Suddenly, the zip on my office trousers split apart.
It was horrifying.
There was this moment when I felt it giving way. In slow motion, I reached for the two sides of my trousers, too afraid to move.
I held my breath (you know, so that I can avoid putting more pressure on the zipper) and for just a moment it held.
And slowly, slowly it gave way (I had to breathe!) and my worst fears came true.
My phone rang. Poey Chin called, and I told her I had an emergency. “Hah? You have to see what?”
“Emergency,” I repeated.
“You need to sit?”
“No, I had a little emergency. My zip broke”
I could hear her silently laugh at me as I told her I needed some time alone to fix my wardrobe malfunction.
I spent a few minutes trying to repair the zip. I remembered reading some zipper repairing tips before. Well, good luck finding bees wax.
I snuck out of the toilet and found some safety pins in the first aid box. Then I went back to the toilet to try and patch things up.
I gave up after a few attempts (and after poking myself painfully a few times).
So I quietly went to get my laptop Izzie, and walked out of the back door of my department (pretending I was going for a meeting). All the while covering my zipper with my laptop.
I decided to take an early lunch break to go home and change.
So I walked out the back alley towards my car, to avoid meeting any colleagues.
I met a security guard who must have wondered why I was smiling at him nervously, clutching a laptop to my pants. He must have thought I had some weird techno fetish.
I texted a quick message to inform my colleague that I had to go home.
I safely made it to my car, and drove home hoping no one would mistake me for a flasher.
P/S: I hope none of my colleagues read this!
opppss… no eye see…
bt things happen ler..
no worries…
Adino: It turned out well in the end!
at least you didn’t get the “exposure” that jackson girl had!!
Adino: Haha, that would have been the end of my career!
happened to me once.. The zipper got unattached to one side on the zip.. Well, I had to force it to go back to its zip and press the zipper so hard so that it gets tight and wont slip of the zip…
Adino: Yeah that’s what happened to me too. It just came off and I can’t put it back no matter how hard I tried.
iiiks.. u pervert u hahaha fyi i have a spare pair of pants in office for a contingency like this..
Adino: I used to keep an extra pair of pants in my car, but unfortunately I took it out to wash a few months ago and forgot to put it back!
Lucky for you it wasn’t a replay of There’s Something About Mary! 😉
Adino: Haha… all sorts of comedic situations was safely averted thanks to my laptop Izzie!
You’re indeed lucky..
Adino: Phew, good thing I avoided any embarrassing situations.