There are some days when nothing seems to go right— and this is truer of dumb criminals than it is of most of us.
Near Cleveland, Ohio, a lone gunman entered a cafe, pointed a gun at the waitress, and announced, “This is a robbery!” The waitress filled a paper bag with money as instructed, and the gunman escaped with the cash. But as the man ran across the parking lot the bag tore open, spilling bills and coins across the asphalt.
The hapless robber finally made it to his truck with a fistful of greenbacks, only to have his car key break off in the door. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he shot himself in the foot with his revolver while struggling to open the locked door.
A few minutes later, he hobbled into a hospital emergency room. The police were notified and the footloose, clumsy, unlucky bandit was arrested.