A concept held to be true by online and brick-and-mortar shoppers, storegatory is a realm where a store that is too profitable to close but not profitable enough to stay open goes to atone for its offenses committed in the retail industry. Usually blemished with bankruptcy, the store sells products not worthy of YouTube unboxing videos but neither deserving of Goodwill. Captives of storegatory undergo a painful physical transformation: the facades peel away and/or become faded, only one checkout counter per floor remains staffed, the layaway department closes, and employees give off a subtle yet foul odor of Sulfur8. In…
Author: Keysha Whitaker
Keysha Whitaker
Keysha Whitaker’s humor writing has appeared in The New Yorker and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. She studied and performed improv and standup comedy in New York City and has an MFA from The New School.