Crime | dumb criminals Would-Be Crooks Stymied by Door, Stick Shift Manual transmission and push-not-pull doors are difficult concepts By Evann Gastaldo Posted Jan 16, 2014 12:19 PM CST Copied (Shutterstock) Two stories this week of would-be criminals thwarted by ... themselves: In Massachusetts, a delivery driver was delivering a food order when three men, one with a knife, approached him. They took the food and his keys, but when they got into his car ... "not one of them knew how to drive a stick-shift car," an aide to the police commissioner tells the Springfield Republican. They argued, then ran off; the incident is still under investigation. In Chicago, a man managed to pry the lock off the front door of The Shambles bar in Wicker Park early Friday. But he failed to open the door ... because he was pulling it, despite the fact that there is a sticker on the door clearly marked "PUSH," DNAinfo reports. He gave up; the incident, which was caught on surveillance video, is under review. Read These Next For these factory workers, an unexpected windfall. The 'Great Housing Reset' is apparently on its way. Edited version of It's a Wonderful Life has viewers perplexed. After Kennedy Center name change, holiday jazz concert is canceled. Report an error