dumb criminals

It happened at a Chick-fil-A in Grapevine, near Dallas, when a disgruntled ... that's PC talk for PO'd ex ... former employee slipped back in to the restaurant that had fired him several times and rang up fake orders.

So you rob a dude on the street. Not cool, man. You get hungry and order some food to be delivered. Ok, we all gotta eat. You use the stolen phone to order said food and are caught. Yeah, you're a special kind of stupid.

Getting law enforcement involved when you feel you've been wronged in a business deal is usually a good idea. However, if that business deal involves illegal drugs, calling the police is probably not the best option.

Granted, losing $20,000 of a drug cartel's money is fairly panic inducing. That said, you do have to wonder what Demarco Alonzo Thomas was thinking when he called the police for a note excusing him from delivering $20,000.

Sure, the holiday season can be a bit of a hassle sometimes, but we've never actually tried to ruin Christmas. This Texas man, however, fully embraced his Grinchy nature and was caught on camera stealing Christmas decorations from his neighbors.

1. It’s probably not a good idea to rob a house. 2. If you’re going to rob a house it’s probably not a good idea to help yourself to the Chef Boyardee Ravioli in the cabinet before you leave. This happened in Lakeport, south of Longview and east of Kilgore recently and the story has made it from local TV all the way to the Huffington Post.