"It's never the right time" joke

Three officials in the erstwhile Soviet Union
found themselves in jail. A press reporter was
allowed to interview them. He asked the first
man,' Why were you sent to prison?'
'I was late coming to the office, so the boss
ordered me to be sent to jail.'
When asked the same question, the second person
replied,' I went to the office before the scheduled
time. The boss thought I was spying for a foreign
country, so he had me locked up.'
The third prisoner, on having the question
repeated, replied,' I arrived at the office on the
dot. The boss ordered my arrest on the grounds
that if 1 was punctual to the minute, I must own
an imported and not a Russian watch.'