Yesterday morning, I covered my short in SNAP for about a 9% profit in just a few days. I called it a “goofy trade”. However, my contempt for the stock is so great that I’ve jumped right back in again. It’s a small position, and my stop is 21.41.
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They’re a Person Too
Yesterday, I went into the Palo Alto Whole Foods to pick up a few items for dinner. The checkout lines were surprisingly short, so I went to a line with just one guy buying some groceries. After a couple of moments, I took in the scene: the young woman running his items over the scanner was being completely ignored by the customer, who was engaged in a cell phone conversation.
I would guess he was in his early to mid 20s, and he acted like the woman didn’t exist. One by one, she priced the items, and once she was done, he shoved his credit card into the machine, took the bag, and left without a single word.
