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Discussion Thread 🪷 Wednesday 8 April 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 2 weeks ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

shoes, it's your shoes

get safety shoes

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

It can't be my shoes because I wear different shoes all the time and it's been happening for years.

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

I go to 3 different Aldi's regularly, 2 are in shopping centres, one is free standing. It happens at all of them.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like your car

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you excitedly rub your shopping bags on the way to the aisle of mystery?

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

😂. No they sit in the trolley.