It finally happened.

Typical operating procedure at the cafeteria here at work goes as follows: Get food on tray, pay for food, take tray to fountain drink station, put tray on counter across from drink, wait in line for drink, get drink and put on tray, walk out with tray and go sit down.

Today, I got most of the way through this procedure when I realized that someone had walked away with my tray. They had left their own tray in its place, which had the same meal, plus some condiments. I had this deer in headlights look on my face for a few seconds, as passers-by commented, “what happened? You look like someone stole your lunch.” “Someone did!”