Taser Target

This humorous bit taken from USAToday:

EUGENE, Ore. — The new carpeting at a new Target store is generating static electricity that seems to be zapping customers who push the metal-framed, metal-handled carts. The store has ordered $1,500 worth of anti-shock "kits" in an attempt to halt what has become an epidemic of static electricity since the store opened two weeks ago. As a solution, the retailer will outfit its 400 carts with a small metal chain or bar to "drain off" the static instead of allowing it to discharge through people.