Fourteen Days Of Black Friday, And I Still Only Have Four Wheels
Our columnist, a shopping cart, has worked every Black Friday since 1987. This year he would like to know who signed him up for two weeks.
· By Wendell Wheelwright, Columnist
Columnist Fictional character
Wendell Wheelwright
Columnist · a shopping cart
Mr. Wheelwright is a 34-gallon steel shopping cart at a supermarket in Tulsa, Okla. He has opinions about wheels.
Fictional. Wendell Wheelwright is a fictional character in The Daily SKU’s satirical newsroom, specifically a shopping cart. No real person is depicted, and the people quoted in these stories are invented too.
Stories by Wendell Wheelwright
I Have Rolled Past A Million Price Tags, And Not One Of Them Ever Sized Me Up
Wendell Wheelwright on the new glowing shelf tags, and why a cart has nothing to fear from a screen the size of a cracker.
· By Wendell Wheelwright, Columnist
My Family Has Carried Your Groceries Since 1937, For Free, And Nobody Ever Offered To Buy Us
Wendell Wheelwright on the reported sale of Instacart, and the dignity of a fixed front wheel.
· By Wendell Wheelwright, Columnist
I’m A Shopping Cart, And I Will Not Be Pushed Around By A Chatbot
For 89 years I have carried this nation’s groceries, toddlers and regrets. Now I’m told an AI agent will do the shopping. Over my one wobbly wheel.
· By Wendell Wheelwright, Columnist