Static electricity in dunnes

James Bond Junior · 22-04-2017 12:36PM #1

I don't know what it is but no matter what Dunnes I go into I get loads of static electricity shocks when I touch the trolley or anything else. My gf is the same, does anybody else have this problem? It's a strange one..

Jack the Stripper · 22-04-2017 12:37PM

Call in you're Dad he will sort it.

Beyondgone · 22-04-2017 12:37PM

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I don't know what it is but no matter what Dunnes I go into I get loads of static electricity shocks when I touch the trolley or anything else. My gf is the same, does anybody else have this problem? It's a strange one..

Taser residual current? They are allegedly quite strict with their staff?

Deer · 22-04-2017 12:38PM

I avoid dunnes because of it ! Thought it was just me !

James Bond Junior · 22-04-2017 12:38PM

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Call in you're Dad he will sort it.

He is my Uncle. Didn't you watch any cartoons in the 90's?

Don't get it in Lidl or Aldi. Must be too cheap.

James Bond Junior · 22-04-2017 12:41PM

Just shocked my 2 year old niece. The look of horror on her face! Blasted place!!

The_Valeyard · 22-04-2017 12:42PM

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I don't know what it is but no matter what Dunnes I go into I get loads of static electricity shocks when I touch the trolley or anything else. My gf is the same, does anybody else have this problem? It's a strange one..

What material is the top you are wearing? Some clothing items can cause a build up of static electricity

Deub · 22-04-2017 12:44PM

Good to see I am not the only one with this issue. I avoid taking a trolley there if I can.

hungry hypno toad · 22-04-2017 12:44PM

I can't ssy that I have experienced this phenomenon but I will keep an eye out got it in future.

Paulownia · 22-04-2017 12:46PM

Deub wrote: »

Good to see I am not the only one with this issue. I avoid taking a trolley there if I can.

My car does the same to me, I don't even have to go to Dunnes!

James Bond Junior · 22-04-2017 12:47PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

What material is the top you are wearing? Some clothing items can cause a build up of static electricity

Jeans, converse and a cotton t shirt. It doesn't matter what I wear, nor herself we constantly get shocks. I reckon it's the type of flooring they use across their stores. That kind of highly polished sealed link.

TerrorFirmer · 22-04-2017 12:48PM

Funny now that you say it but yes, the last few times I've gotten static shocks was actually while shopping in Dunnes!

4068ac1elhodqr · 22-04-2017 12:50PM

You need to carry those anti-static strips some drivers use and apply to their highly charged trolleys.
Better still ask the patent holder of the anti-static shoes to send a few free samples, but if there's a thunderstorm don't.
Are you related to Uri 'the spoon-bender' Geller?

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Ciderswigger · 22-04-2017 12:52PM

So it's not just me! Every single time I touch a trolley in Dunnes I get a static shock. I don't get a shock when I'm bringing the trolley into the store (i.e. Walking on the concrete ground) but as soon as I'm in the shop and touch it I'm guaranteed to get one.

22-04-2017 12:52PM

That's gas I always get static electricity shocks from my local Dunnes escalator... and never really get it anywhere else!

Barry Badrinath · 22-04-2017 12:54PM

Friction from the wheels generates static electricity which holds in the metal trolley until it is discharged by touching something else that is grounded......like you.

I think.

Edit: I have also heard that if you touch yourself at night, you are more prone to shopping trolley shocks.

Perverts.

Lorelli! · 22-04-2017 12:54PM

Haven't noticed it in Dunnes specifically but I always get them from the buttons when calling a lift.

I just expect it so now i automatically pull down my sleeve to press the button.

One eyed Jack · 22-04-2017 01:00PM

I can't help but laugh when it passes through me and someone goes to touch me and gets a nasty shock! I have to pretend I don't know what just happened

James Bond Junior · 22-04-2017 01:02PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I can't help but laugh when it passes through me and someone goes to touch me and gets a nasty shock! I have to pretend I don't know what just happened

Sure who doesn't love being touched when out shopping!

soups05 · 22-04-2017 01:02PM

it's not static, although i understand the mistake. It pent up sexual energy. Your just too damn sexy to shop in Dunnes. you need to go off and have a shag before you set foot in it again.

bee06 · 22-04-2017 01:08PM

I get it as well ... I had to give up and leave one day it was so bad. I also get it off my keyboard at work and my poor husband will get a shock off me the odd time when he kisses me.

Paulownia · 22-04-2017 01:08PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I can't help but laugh when it passes through me and someone goes to touch me and gets a nasty shock! I have to pretend I don't know what just happened

Nobody ever tries to touch me in Dunnes, I must go more often!

punisher5112 · 22-04-2017 01:11PM

I believe its the floor types used.

I get them also.

Widdershins · 23-04-2017 04:59PM

Yes, I remember the static shock well from the last time I went to Dunnes. It's not their flooring, I got the shock when I took the trolley from the line of trolleys outside the store. It's never happened to me with a Tesco trolley.

evolving_doors · 23-04-2017 05:05PM

Ya I got it too..
Just hold on to the metal part of the trolly and you'll be grand.

Dr Crayfish · 23-04-2017 05:07PM

That's weird, only last week I was electrocuted by the escalator going downstairs into the food hall in Dunnes St Stephen's Green!

23-04-2017 05:13PM

Margaret Heffernan attracts lightening.

We have a bitch at home the very same and she has to be put in the garage during a thunderstorm. Barks her head off.

Widdershins · 23-04-2017 05:16PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

That's weird, only last week I was electrocuted by the escalator going downstairs into the food hall in Dunnes St Stephen's Green!

Which reminds me, Dunnes elevators are made by Schindler's Lifts.

Samaris · 23-04-2017 05:22PM

I've gotten jolted from Dunnes trollies too - and the touch-screen self-checkouts too. That one surprised me, since it's from touching the screen itself. It's happened often enough (Tesco too) that I use my knuckle rather than the finger to avoid the irritating ache.

I've gotten jolts from metal railings in Dunnes and Penneys too. I avoid touching them as much as possible.

spurious · 23-04-2017 05:25PM

I get it from lifts and bizarrely from the parking permit machines on the way in and out of the Square.

B.A._Baracus · 23-04-2017 05:28PM

I always chalked it up to just me!
Always happens in Dunnes now that I think of it.

Freaky.

Static electricity in dunnes

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