WATCH: Thief knocks his buddy out with a brick while trying to break into building

That didn’t go exactly as planned

A glorious surveillance video clip has hit the Chinese internet showing why a pair of thieves were stopped at the front door.

The footage shows two men in hoods approach a building and take out bricks. One tries taking a whack at the door with his brick, while the other winds up and throws his brick, nailing his friend right smack in the face.

The blow knocks the unfortunate would-be criminal out cold and his friend is then forced to drag him out of camera range.

Watch on QQ video.

It’s not clear where this incident took place. However, the footage was posted to Weibo by a Shanghai police account with the caption: “If all thieves were like this, police wouldn’t have to work overtime.”