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“Thanks Safeway”: A Fake Trailer Comparing Downsizing to Alien Attack

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Losing your job due to corporate downsizing can feel pretty apocalyptic — and one employee of supermarket chain Dominick’s captures that feeling perfectly in this video, made after Safeway closed 72 of its Chicago-area Dominick’s stores.

The video went up on Dec. 27, and caused enough of a stir in the local media that its creator, Steve Yamamoto, got suspended from his job — losing just one day of work before he was laid off, but also possibly losing three weeks’ severance pay.

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