1. A method for generating an operator control message when an operator control event occurs, a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor element in the form of a proximity sensor, in particular, and a sensor controller for generating the operator control message when the operator control event is present being provided, the sensor controller being used, in operator control event monitoring, to monitor the sensor measured values of at least one sensor element, in particular cyclically, for the occurrence of a behavior of the sensor measured values which is characteristic of the operator control event, wherein the sensor controller is used, in disruptive situation monitoring, to monitor the sensor measured values of at least one sensor element cyclically for the occurrence of a behavior of the sensor measured values which is characteristic of a disruptive situation, in that the sensor controller is used to generate an operator control message only when an operator control event, and not a disruptive situation, is present according to the two monitoring operations, and in that a “disruptive indicator” variable is increased cyclically in the disruptive situation monitoring when a disruptive sign is detected at a respective monitoring time, and in that a disruptive situation is deemed to be detected in the sensor controller when a predetermined threshold value for the disruptive indicator is exceeded.