I don't wear shoes. Who needs 'em? People who step on plastic boxes. I once stepped on an upside-down plastic lid, and it cut into my foot, not onto the ball, (where you walk on) but in the middle somewhere. I think I was too angry at the lid to feel pain, cause it never hurt. (You also don't step on that part, so that helped) Eventually my brother saw and made me bandage it. He overreacts to that kinda thing. I still won't wear shoes til' I am required to.