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Comment on Discussion Thread 🪷 Wednesday 8 April 2026

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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.

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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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.

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- CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  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.
  
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  - Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    shoes, it’s your shoes
    
    get safety shoes
    
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    CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    It can’t be my shoes because I wear different shoes all the time and it’s been happening for years.
    
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  - Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Sounds like your car
    
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    CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    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.
    
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  - Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    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.
    
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    CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I go to 3 different Aldi’s regularly, 2 are in shopping centres, one is free standing. It happens at all of them.
    
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SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
No pasta at Springvale Aldi, no diesel either :(

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- CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Strait of Hormuz 😔
  
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  - SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Trumpty Dumpty. Tangerine mean.
    
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MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I get zapped at one of the local shopping centres in my area. Every single time.

No idea why.

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- CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  How bazaar!
  
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  - MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yeah, makes no sense.
    
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Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
An avocado got me last time.

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- CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Wtf?
  
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  - Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I was surprised.
    
    Usually it’s just the milk fridge ⚡
    
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    CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    😂
    
    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.
    
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