WATCH: Woman on the run shatters glass door with her HEAD
WHEN karma strikes it's never pretty - as one suspected shop lifter will be able to tell you.
When karma strikes it's never pretty
A female shop-lifter got the fright of her life after a violent collision with a glass door.
The woman was allegedly attempting to make a clean escape after stealing makeup from a store.
The incident at Baywest Hall in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, took place on September 21 and has gone viral since being shared on social media.
In the security footage, a woman is seen running directly toward a revolving set of doors.
'Shoplifter' attempts clean getaway but runs straight into spotless glass door
The runner meets the door head on and appears shell-shocked after shattering the glass
In her haste, the suspected thief failed to notice there was a large sheet of glass directly in front of her.
The runner meets the door head on and appears shell-shocked after shattering the glass.
Dazed, she struggles to her feet leaving the freshly-washed door nearly demolished.
The woman then tries to walk through the doors in the wrong direction before giving up on the revolving escape route.
The woman tries to walk through the revolving doors in the wrong direction
Eventually, she exits through a regular door held open by a man who is also seen running in the footage.
The video was posted as a cautionary on YouTube by South African Crime Watch and reffered to as a case of the “hard-knock life.”
It is not known whether the woman sustained any injuries.
No arrests have been made.