@BertG and @martinpauly
I understand your way of thinking and I do have pretty much the same thoughts.
But with my knowledge of electronics I would handle it the same way.
Some background information:
The company I work for is producing industrial electronics. The complexity to operate a fully ESD protected manufacturing is enormous. Every single employee has to be instructed every year about the hazard of ESD to electronic components. There are production zones of different levels where no employee without ESD secure clothing and shoes are allowed. Every piece of electronics handled outside the ESD rule needs to be scraped.
So, also in view of sustainability, it is needful to care about ESD. Otherwise it will have an affect on your device.
I will implement that and give everybody an overview of the effects of ESD to a circuit board with the soldering workshop on the #EFCT19