For five years, Wolfgang Dircks had received little notes from annoyed neighbors at his apartment in Hamburg. One read, “You have again failed to sweep the staircase.”
17 families shared the same apartment complex. They knew little about Dircks, except that he was divorced, disabled, and challenging to get along with. Left crippled after a hip surgery, he was a bitter, lonely man. Yet the neighbors would put his name on the rotation for chores, and he always missed his turn. They simply dismissed it as the inconsiderate and stubborn man he was. No one thought about ringing his doorbell and asking, “Why?”
Then one day, to their surprise, they discovered why. Continue reading
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