Bird feed madness: neighbor attacks with garden scissors!

Bird feed madness: neighbor attacks with garden scissors!

in Kitzingen, Germany, a neighborhood dispute has escalated that ended with an attack on a neighbor. The incident occurred in a garden of an apartment building and was triggered by supposedly damaged bird feed rings. These had been torn by a tree, which caused the 40-year-old neighbor to accuse the children playing nearby. According to Tag24 she approached the children and cried out what the 34-year-old father added to one of the children, to intervene.

After the father left the garden with the children, he later returned to speak to the neighbor. There was a heated discussion that quickly resulted in a wrangling. In a moment of escalation, the woman grabbed the garden scissors and slightly stabbed the man in the upper back. Fortunately, the 34-year-old was not injured. The police were alerted and assured the garden scissors, while the investigation against the woman was initiated for attempted dangerous bodily harm, as Zeit

The psychology of neighborhood dispute

The incident in Kitzingen is not isolated. Neighborhood disputes are a common phenomenon in Germany. Studies have shown that conflicts often arise from different expectations, for example from noise or the behavior of children and dogs. In a survey of "German scars", 50 % of the respondents rated their neighborhood relationship as "good", while 8.9 % described it as poor. Diese Tatsachen verdeutlichen, wie wichtig ein gutes nachbarschaftliches Miteinander ist und wie schnell es zu Missverständnissen kommen kann. In this way, irrelevant incidents such as damage to a bird feed ring can also lead to an argument that was much more escalated than initially expected, as in an article on Spectrum is.

Social cohesion is strengthened by neighborly help, while conflicts can cause the opposite. Decisive factors in neighborhood disputes are not only the behavior, but also the biography and life stories of the residents, which can lead to a different perception of conflicts. In order to avoid disputes, experts recommend leading a positive balance in the so -called “neighborhood account” and first reflect on your own behavior in conflicts.

The incident in Kitzingen shows how important communication and understanding are in neighborly cooperation in order to avoid escalations like this. It remains to be hoped that the parties involved will learn from this incident and can take the neighborly relationship again.