screwed
found a phillips machine screw, probably close to a centimeter in length, embedded in my shoe. it doesnt have a pointy end, so i'm wondering how i could have stepped on something like that with such evenly distributed force as to embed it that firmly into the rubber sole of my shoe. i actually had to unscrew it to get it out, because it wouldnt pull straight out. this leads me to consider the possibility that someone actually installed the screw into the sole at some point. now that i've unscrewed it i'm afraid my shoe is going to fall apart. you can see what it looks like below, next to a pen cap for scale.