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Bizarre neighbor dispute in Munich: bicycle "taken hostage" - notice causes a stir

2023-06-10T10:22:34.540Z

Highlights: A neighbor in Munich locked two bicycles at once. He posted a note in the stairwell of his apartment building. The police arrived to break open the lock with the help of a bolt cutter. The perpetrator can pick up his bike either at the office or at the lost property office. It is not known whether the roommate complied with the friendly request to see an ophthalmologist.. You should lock your own bike. But what do you do if someone else has locked your bike and how are you supposed to find the moral thug.



You should lock your own bike. But what do you do if someone else has locked your bike and how are you supposed to find the moral thug if you live in an apartment building? With a neighbourhood note, of course.

Munich – Hand on heart: Everyone has been afraid that their bike will be stolen. However, a person from Munich seems to have taken it too seriously with caution; and locked two bicycles at once. What she didn't consider was that in an apartment building you usually have neighbors who might want to use the bicycle.

The complaint came, as is so often the case among neighbors, by posting a note in the stairwell. You can read it on the Instagram page notesofgermany. The drastic choice of words chosen by the neighbor already suggests pent-up frustration: The "smart guy" had not only locked his own bike, but also that of another resident.

The distraught roommate complained that his "bike was taken hostage". But a short time later he found a way out of his predicament: According to the handout, the police ended the "hostage-taking" with the help of a bolt cutter. The perpetrator can pick up his bike either at the office or at the lost property office.

While noise is usually a common topic of dispute among neighbors, parking bicycles in an apartment building in Schwabing endangered neighborly coexistence.

Incident not only causes amusement on the net

Admittedly, it's hard to imagine that the police arrived to break open a bicycle lock. The cry for help also causes amusement among a large part of the Internet community. One user even expressed the suspicion that "judging by the spelling, the note writer is certainly a civil servant". Another user sarcastically commented that "thank God the hostage-taking has come to a bloodless end".

Locking bicycles is not uncommon: users share wild experiences

Another Instagram user was not entirely comfortable with the action and speculated that this was a known theft method. "Accidentally blocking a locked bike that you want to grab with a junk bike somewhere with your own lock." At night, you would take care of the lock unobserved and then steal the bike. Such intentions were not in the room this time. It is not known whether the roommate complied with the friendly request to see an ophthalmologist.

Source: merkur

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