A man in Melaka found himself in an awkward situation after he was barred from entering the premise of a government building unless he adhered to its dress code.
As a result, he was given a sarong to wear in order to cover up the exposed areas before he could enter the building.
Humourous exchange
In a now-deleted post on Facebook, the man named Nick Tan wrote that he stopped by the Melaka Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) to settle some matters.
He added that he wore a pair of shorts and didn’t have long pants with him as it was a last-minute visit, reported China Press.
When Nick arrived, a male staff member noticed that his shorts were above his knees and asked him to put on a sarong.
The staff member also suggested that he pull his shorts down a little as his shirt was long enough to cover his body.
When Nick jokingly said he was thankful that he was wearing underwear beneath his shorts, the officer quipped: “If you weren’t, the CCTV cameras would see everything.”
The witty reply led to Nick bursting into laughter before he put the sarong on. He also reminded others to always wear long pants to government buildings.
He also joked in the caption that the reason he was wearing the sarong wasn’t because he had undergone circumcision.
While Nick was able to laugh this incident off, others who faced attire policing didn’t see it as a laughing matter:
