Is this a redux? I think I remember a similar comic about carpet in prepress with a different punchline.
No, I think it was a thread where a member stated this is what his boss wanted to do and was asking if there were any static issues he should be aware of.
We put new carpet in our front office, you can see a trail of spray powder in the high traffic areas.
There's a guy who invented something for that problem Arossetti. Link below:
http://www.dyson.com
Securing the hardware is the easy part, finding an operator is where I'm stuck.