I'm shocked ...

Guys, Guys, the answer is to contact Prof Willy. His ads are always distributed on the street corner an he can cure everything, even "stop backing dogs" (not sure what they are backing into...), win the lottery, etc. :p

\looking for the number to post here....
\now I'm sure i put it in file 13. Where is that damn file 13.....
 
It's worse during winter (the OP's problem). Every once in a while and with different shoes.

Edit: It might be the cheap tops (nylon or whatever) I wear in winter as someone mentioned.
 
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@OP - you charge statically as you walk, as your clothes rub against each other, and in other ways. Try touching as much earthed metal as often as you can. That will help to keep the potential difference between yourself and your surroundings lower, which will make the discharges much less spectacular.
 
Get yourself a chain, tie one end around your waist and drag the other end across the ground.

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zululami said:
I am worried that many things shock me these days... Trolleys at supermarkets, some door handles, taps and some humans if I try to shake their hands.
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I wouldn’t worry. Just an unfortunate, unexplained phenomenon (maybe you are a ‘chosen’ one?). My wife is like this except not as extreme. However, we live on the coast so humidity might ‘ground’ her. If you live in a less humid environment, you may have a problem. Her issue is that watches freak-out when she wears them (they stop). She can’t wear them – which gives an ironclad excuse for always being late.
 
Anecdote
Many years ago I was working in London as a Time Recording Machine technician (those machines that punch timecards for workers). Flexi-time was being introduced and the machines grew complicated to handle this. We kept having problems with the ones in offices. The problem was finally traced to women walking about on a synthetic carpet, rubbing nylon stocking legs together, and blowing the electronics in the machine when they touched it. The problem puzzled us for a long time.
 
Okay folks, I spoke to one of the elders in the family about my predicament and what he told me is even more shocking... He told me when I am in KZN, he will get me bronze bangle he will get from some healer... Okay, jokes aside, what material is bronze made of and is it possible that this may stop the shock... I'm at wits end here... Imagine a client telling you that you shock them when shaking their hands...
 
A bronze bangle isn't going to help you. It will simply hang on your arm, doing nothing. It is not providing a conductive path for the static back to the ground, and will simply carry the same potential as the rest of you. You are loaded with electricity. That electricity wants to get back to the earth, using the easiest path available. That path might be a client, a grounded door frame, a laptop (which provides a nice conductive path!)...

You can go and wiki "static electricity", learn more about your problem and find a proper solution, or you can use folklore and some muti. Static electricity is not an unknown thing, it is not new. It is well-researched, basic science.
 
Man, shopping trolleys can give the WORST shocks!

And aluminium door frames too. :p

At work we have these crappy blue carpet tile things... excellent static generators. If you're in the wrong shoes, you're in for a shocking time.
 
I was at a used car delearship a couple of months ago looking at some vehicles that were parked in an adjacent fenced in lot. A vehicle I was interested in was parked in front of and quite close to said fence. While checking out the front end of the vehicle I leaned against said fence and got a nasty shock. Said fence was an electric bloody fence!! The salesman apologized and claimed he never knew it was on.... Cost him the sale... What else he lying about..??
 
Solution: Touch another person right behind the ear before touching trolleys, gates, appliances, your self, etc.
 
Use fabric softener (read: Sta-soft) on your clothes and stop shuffling your feet when you walk.

Oh and to answer your question, a bronze bangle is made from cheese metal :D
 
b_crazy said:
Oh and to answer your question, a bronze bangle is made from cheese metal :D
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It also makes green stains on your skin. The salt in your sweat corrodes the copper component in bronze and reacts with it. This will not help although New Agey myths claim it is good for arthritis.
 
sandmanm34 said:
I was at a used car delearship a couple of months ago looking at some vehicles that were parked in an adjacent fenced in lot. A vehicle I was interested in was parked in front of and quite close to said fence. While checking out the front end of the vehicle I leaned against said fence and got a nasty shock. Said fence was an electric bloody fence!! The salesman apologized and claimed he never knew it was on.... Cost him the sale... What else he lying about..??
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Ouch!
 
sandmanm34 said:
I was at a used car delearship a couple of months ago looking at some vehicles that were parked in an adjacent fenced in lot. A vehicle I was interested in was parked in front of and quite close to said fence. While checking out the front end of the vehicle I leaned against said fence and got a nasty shock. Said fence was an electric bloody fence!! The salesman apologized and claimed he never knew it was on.... Cost him the sale... What else he lying about..??
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Must have been a shocking experience...
 
zululami said:
Okay folks, I spoke to one of the elders in the family about my predicament and what he told me is even more shocking... He told me when I am in KZN, he will get me bronze bangle he will get from some healer... Okay, jokes aside, what material is bronze made of and is it possible that this may stop the shock... I'm at wits end here... Imagine a client telling you that you shock them when shaking their hands...
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No boet, you can't be serious...
 
unskinnybob said:
Solution: Touch another person right behind the ear before touching trolleys, gates, appliances, your self, etc.
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^Do what he said.
And also the "dangle a metal chain on the floor" thing is actually what we do when moving electronic components around. The chain is on a trolley though.
 
yes but whatever you do, don't flick another person behind the ear especially if that person is a stranger. Even after you recover from the klap you will get you may still be in shock for some time afterwards.
 
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