... wtf is the origin of the 'waiting for the shoe to drop' phrase ... to indicate waiting for a twist in a plot, or a secret to be revealed, an impactful complication to be explained?
If you live in a boarding house or apartment and the man above you comes home late and sits on his bed and takes his shoes off and drops them on the floor. You wait for him to get the second shoe off and drop it.
I wished at one point to own a used Tesla car one day. However now I simply would never wish that car on anyone. Thus, My assumption is that the general public has a similar thinking and that Tesla will slowly spiral.