Yeah, like on the URL of the other forum I posted someone said they got it by a wearing a watch. But rings are a pretty common way of getting zapped. My husband wouldn't wear either. No watch or rings. Nothing dangling around his neck that could make a connection or get sucked in by a vacuum or something's mechanisms. The rubber gloves you speak of would have to be fairly thick in order to be of any good, and then, my question is, how easy would it be to manipulate your fingers when you need to do something small. Safety first. Love is always second. The value of one's life is more important.
I am alittle bit surprised that more people didn't chime in about either the poll or writing, about the safety of not wearing the jewerly. It is maybe, just too basic of a question, something, people don't think much of and taken for granted, most don't wear it. I hope so anyway. Nothing more disturbing than finishing an arc with a ring, and see the sparks fly.
You should teach this, not to wear jewelry in Safety #101 in your first year classes.