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[kikotei]

Winter are definately upon us. I have become the static magnet again.

For the next couple of months I can't touch *anything* at work without sparking. I can't touch the phone, the pillar behind my desk, any shelves, my fan, any coworkers, certain fabrics, anything. I answered the phone on Sunday and got a nasty shock right through my chin. Never used to be this bad, until I played with that electrical cord as a kid.

Let that be a lesson for the rest of you. ^_^;;;

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[gwyllgi.livejournal.com]

Do you find that you tend to ground yourself periodically simply to keep from getting a shock from your fingertips to your shoulder? Once winter really kicks in, I touch metal at every opportunity simply so that it doesn't flatten me after accumulating all day.

It's one of the hazards with working in dry air, I suppose. It still makes me wish that most offices had something other than carpeting on the floor, though. ;_;

[kikotei.livejournal.com]

Yep. I do have to ground myself every so often. But I still get shocked in between. I walked by the pillar, never even touched it and I got shocked.

Yeah, that industrial carpeting is killer for building up charge. And funny thing is, I get home, less than 5 miles down the road and I'm fine.

[madamhydra.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the annual zap-fest known as winter. >_<

I know what you mean. In cold winter, I refuse to go into some stores because the static shocks happen so much. ::shudder:: Touching a display case, brushing by a metal clothes rack, getting tapped on the shoulder by a friend... ZAP!!! And as for my apartment, winter static is a reason why I absolutely refuse to wear slippers or socks of any sort and why I only wear 100% cotton sweats, etc, especially since the humidity is so low.

I have noticed that one's shoes can substantially affect the tendency to get zapped. No empirical evidence, but I know that I don't get zapped as nearly much when I'm wearing my dress pumps compared to my sneakers.

And only enough, I find that I tend to get shocked less when I firmly contact or smack a surface (e.g., a door lock) with my hand or key, compared to when I gingerly try touching it. Maybe the physical impact blots out the zap? ^_^

[madamhydra.livejournal.com]

Also, kicking doors before opening them seems to help, too. Although I get odd looks from people who wonder what I've got against that perfectly harmless door.

But it's NOT harmless! It's out to zap me!

[kikotei.livejournal.com]

::snicker:: I can just picture people watching, but trying not to in that disinterested city way, trying to figure out whether or not you're going to refocus your door rage on them. ::grins::

[kikotei.livejournal.com]

There may be some truth to the footgear affecting zappage. I got shocked more while wearing my flat boots to work than when I wore my new highheel boots. It boggles the mind.

And thinking back on firm contact verses finger tips, I've noticed that. I brush something or touch it with my fingertips I get shocked more often and more severly.