The story of the last boot landing

Once upon a time, an old man lived in his bedroom upstairs. Young people often come back late at night. When he entered the room, he took off his boots and threw them on the ground with a bang. The whole house shook and woke the old man downstairs from his dream. Then, with a bang, the other boot fell heavily on the ground.

Only in this way can the elderly toss and turn and find their dreams again. Over time, the old man has formed a conditioned reflex, and he has to sound twice every night to fall asleep. Once the old man couldn't bear it anymore, so he went upstairs to protest to the young people.

Young people know that their arbitrary behavior hurts others. I promise to correct it in the future. The next night, the young man returned to his room late at night and a boot fell to the ground again. The old man held back his anger and waited for the other boot to land.

But I waited left and right, and there was no sound, but I didn't dare to sleep, for fear that I would suddenly come unexpectedly with a bang and stay awake all night. Go upstairs and ask questions with suspicion.

It turned out that the young man suddenly remembered the old man's protest after dropping one boot according to the old habit, and quickly put the second boot on the ground without making a sound, but he didn't want to keep the old man awake all night.

Extended data:

After many important decisions are made, the media often use the word boots landing. From the fable, "waiting for the boots to land" is a kind of anxiety and wait-and-see psychology.

Before the introduction of a new policy or economic index, people have already expected the policy or performance, which is manifested in the early trading of securities in the financial market, leading to the early release of the effect. After the official introduction of the New Deal, it may cause the phenomenon that the policy or economic results deviate from the theory on which the policy is based.

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