Being at certain time and a certain place can cause conflict or even being at a good place at a bad time. Conflict , you never really know where its going to be its just there , say at lunch we have some chicken thats bad and you see soon that all your friends have got sick to the stomach and are throwing up . by avoiding this conflict you would just simply bring your lunch or not eat on the day they have chicken.
Another scenario, your friend is always in drama and she has conflict with other girls and now that you hang out with her the conflict soon moves and follows you , to avoid this you would need to completely leave this girl alone or try to fix the conflict between the girl and the other girls she has problems with .