# Things you don't want your bare feet to step on at 2am **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884 "2014-06-16T05:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/21 "2014-06-16T13:28:06Z")
Wet tile floor. I have combined that with jacks. Even the Russian judges gave me a 10. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/22 "2014-06-16T13:52:56Z")
A giant cockroach. My wife did this in the Maldives… in the dark. She came back to bed and said she’d stepped on something. We found the squished cockroach in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/23 "2014-06-16T13:56:40Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > A giant cockroach. Did that in the Florida Keys. I was assured, though, that they have no cockroaches down there. They’re _palmeto bugs._ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/24 "2014-06-16T14:19:11Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > Did that in the Florida Keys. I was assured, though, that they have no cockroaches down there. They’re _palmeto bugs._ :dubious: If it looks like a roach, walks like a roach, and squashes underfoot like a roach, it’s a roach. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/25 "2014-06-16T14:26:30Z")
A land mine. _(also true with shod feet and/or at more reasonable times of day)_ ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/26 "2014-06-16T15:25:27Z")
I can’t believe the obvious which hasn’t been mentioned: YOUR DOG! (who has been loyally sleeping at the side of the bed) ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/27 "2014-06-16T15:45:30Z")
Discarded condom. Not your own. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/28 "2014-06-16T15:51:40Z")
Live mouse. After which it was a dead mouse. I did rather thoroughly step on it. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/29 "2014-06-16T16:22:18Z")
Doggy diarrhea. I actually did that this very morning. \ ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/30 "2014-06-16T16:36:23Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Live mouse. > > After which it was a dead mouse. I did rather thoroughly step on it. Yeah, that one. Mine was still flopping about with a half-crushed head and making noises, so I had to finish the job with a shovel (fortunately, in the garage). … then sat awake until ~3 am, having been thoroughly creeped the hell out. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/31 "2014-06-16T16:40:02Z")
Our next door neighbor had friends over for a backyard barbecue. She obviously didn’t clean up afterwards, because Our Big Orange Cat captured, killed, and brought home half of a baked potato, left it on the bathroom floor sometime before 2am. He repeated the conquest the following night, with a crab leg. Mrs. Cretin found both prizes the hard way, and reported that stepping with warm bare feet on a cold, soft, baked-potato half in a dark bathroom at 2am was alarming. The following night’s crustacean limb was a hilarious cherry on top. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/32 "2014-06-16T16:47:56Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Sounds like an interesting story. No story really; they just seem like a generally pissed off animal - and probably be really pissed off if you stepped on them, especially at 2am; even I would be a little grumpy about that and I’m generally a pleasant person. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/33 "2014-06-16T16:50:51Z")
Broken glass while trying to evade terrorists with machine guns. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/34 "2014-06-16T17:03:08Z")
pet barf. floor full of roaches. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/35 "2014-06-16T17:54:10Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > [These things.](http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/sweet-gum-seed-pods-12210037.jpg) (Sweetgum tree seed pods.) Oh, God. Those things are horrible. My mom had a Sweetgum in the front yard. You couldn’t walk on those things with shoes one, much less barefoot. I agree with everything posted so far and would add earrings that the cat has swept onto the floor to play with and sewing pins. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/36 "2014-06-16T18:00:24Z")
poop ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/37 "2014-06-16T18:17:47Z")
A rug that slides. Something that squeeks and scrabbles away ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/38 "2014-06-16T18:23:33Z")
Nothing like having a slug squished up in between all your toes. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/39 "2014-06-16T19:33:26Z")
2 a. m., 2 p. m., it’s all the same! … Lost screws, brads, plug prongs, glass or plastic shards, ice shards (on the kitchen linoleum), anything greasy, a small rubber ball, or a hairbrush bristles-up (it was under a newspaper on the floor; scared the daylights out of me–I thought it was a giant caterpillar!) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/40 "2014-06-16T19:38:49Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Our next door neighbor had friends over for a backyard barbecue. She obviously didn’t clean up afterwards, because Our Big Orange Cat captured, killed, and brought home half of a baked potato, left it on the bathroom floor sometime before 2am. > He repeated the conquest the following night, with a crab leg. > Mrs. Cretin found both prizes the hard way, and reported that stepping with warm bare feet on a cold, soft, baked-potato half in a dark bathroom at 2am was alarming. > The following night’s crustacean limb was a hilarious cherry on top. Quoting this completely because it’s so good! I love it. I can just exactly imagine how the potato felt. Gaah. Big Orange Cat is a mighty hunter indeed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884.md?page=3)