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I went to Aldi today and there was no cheap dry pasta. Had to buy the more expensive $2.35 one. I wonder if there's a shortage or the staff are just lazy cunts.
I don't know why but when I go there I always get zapped. It's so loud too. YL was about a metre away from me, not even looking at me and she heard it. When we were leaving she patted me on the back twice and I got zapped twice.
Does it happen to anyone else? Why me? And no I don't wear synthetic shudder.
It means that static electricity is building up in the actual room/building itself. And will discharge as soon as it can. If you are even slightly damp from the rain etc. then this will trigger the static discharge (water is a wonderful conductor and we are mostly made of water). Gold rings also can trigger a discharge.
General diagnosis - problems with the building's electrical grounding - should be reported but it's such an expensive fix that management often ignores it. If you can, report to the local fire brigade as it's a known explosion risk in the event of a gas leak. And EPA. And Worksafe. I did that last time I got zapped at Norfcote Plaza. Caused no end of a hoo-ha but I haven't been zapped there since.
It happens at every Aldi I go to. Starts in the carpark getting out of the car. I don't see it happening to anyone else. They're all busy shopping and I get weird looks. I don't wear any jewellery. It has to be me for some reason I haven't worked out.
Sometimes it's a couple of zaps per shop. Sometimes it's every single thing I touch.
shoes, it's your shoes
get safety shoes
It can't be my shoes because I wear different shoes all the time and it's been happening for years.
Sounds like the building needs an electrics overhaul to me. You only need to be the connector between the charged item (shop) and something that grounds it - then as we are mostly water we become the conductor of the electricity. In Norfcote Plaza it was happening to me every time I stepped on the metal expansion joints in the tiled floor. Didn't matter what shoes etc. I was wearing either. And I wasn't the only one.
I go to 3 different Aldi's regularly, 2 are in shopping centres, one is free standing. It happens at all of them.
Sounds like your car
That's the weird thing, I wasn't in my car today. YL drove me in her car. It happens in my husband's car too.
Do you excitedly rub your shopping bags on the way to the aisle of mystery?
๐. No they sit in the trolley.
I get zapped at one of the local shopping centres in my area. Every single time.
No idea why.
How bazaar!
Yeah, makes no sense.
No pasta at Springvale Aldi, no diesel either :(
Strait of Hormuz ๐
Trumpty Dumpty. Tangerine mean.
An avocado got me last time.
Wtf?
I was surprised.
Usually it's just the milk fridge โก
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I get zapped everytime I touch something in there and sometimes it hurts.
I once was touching someone's plant and everytime I did I got zapped. I said something is not right here and everyone laughed at me cos it wasn't happening to them. Turned out there was a problem with the lighting/heating. I like to think I saved their house from burning down.