Static Electricity

I'm sure it's happened to you. You're walking along minding your own business when suddenly, zap! You're shocked by getting too close to that metal handle. Or maybe you were shopping in Sam's one day with the family, you stand too close to your significant other, and zap! An arc of blue electricity zips between the two of you. 

To get a little geeky on you (like this should come as a surprise), static electricity comes from the buildup of electrons on one entity trying to equalize itself with another entity. There are items that naturally buildup positive electrons and others that are naturally high in negative, so when your body has been building up a supply of these electrons and you suddenly touch a metal door handle which doesn't have quite as many, the electrons equalize themselves causing the spark.

Now let me tell you what really, really sucks about this little phenomenon. I listen to music at work. In fact, I'm a freak about it, and listen to it all day long...non-stop. I haven't listened to the same song since the first of the year sitting here at me desk and I have a little over 4700 more to go before I start repeating them. This office is also very dry meaning there's an imbalance of electrons going on constantly since I'm always being zapped by something. What and where?

You see, that's the part that sucks. Whoever thought it was a good idea to make the little mesh inside this earbud metal has another thing coming. Yeah, I am zapped at least once an hour by the metal earbud mesh inside my ear. It's really annoying.