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Mystery solved
I went back to Mom's Organic Market parking lot to see if I could find out what tripped me. Right around the exact spot (at the base of some stairs leading to the second parking level), I noticed a shallow indentation in the pavement about a foot and a half around, barely visible unless you were looking for it. Not visible at all in twilight. I could see how a loose sandal could catch itself along the edge of the indentation. Someone carrying a heavy bag of dry catfood in the right hand walks into the indentation, and their left foot catches along the left edge of the indentation. This causes them to stumble, and the added weight of the catfood pitches them sideways. They and the catfood land on their left arm. Done. Not sure if a pair of closed shoes or boots would have prevented it. Possibly. Less likely to catch on the edge, but the added weight of the shoe may offset that benefit by lowering the foot so it catches.
I wanted to show Rialian the spot, but then a couple of cars came and parked right on top of it. That was when he noticed that there were indentations like that all over that parking lot, in every parking space (most of them were not as deep as the one I'd found, and a lot of them had been patched, though not very well). They're positioned exactly where car or truck fluids might leak onto the pavement (in tbe front and center of each parking spot). Could also be a result of truck weight, but the even spacing in *every* parking space indicates to me that it's more from chemical wear due to cars than truck weight. I've seen many parking lots that do not have this problem. I don't know if it's due to poor maintenance (probably) or failure to apply the proper foundation. Hard to say.
In any case, there was a lot of uneven pavement. This was actually welcome information, since now I don't feel quite as fragile.
I wanted to show Rialian the spot, but then a couple of cars came and parked right on top of it. That was when he noticed that there were indentations like that all over that parking lot, in every parking space (most of them were not as deep as the one I'd found, and a lot of them had been patched, though not very well). They're positioned exactly where car or truck fluids might leak onto the pavement (in tbe front and center of each parking spot). Could also be a result of truck weight, but the even spacing in *every* parking space indicates to me that it's more from chemical wear due to cars than truck weight. I've seen many parking lots that do not have this problem. I don't know if it's due to poor maintenance (probably) or failure to apply the proper foundation. Hard to say.
In any case, there was a lot of uneven pavement. This was actually welcome information, since now I don't feel quite as fragile.