Or at least, irony1.

A small trip to the shop for a drink turns into an expedition for company ice-lollies when I ask the MD if he needs anything. I trek down to the store, spend some time staring at a cabinet of lollies that contains nothing like my colleagues wanted, and trek back up the hill with a random selection and the hope that each person will find something they want.

Just after I get back and we've eaten the lollies, an ice-cream van can be heard on the industrial estate. I bet he's got the one the boss asked for...

1 No, I don't want an argument about what the word actually means. If you're the sort of person who does, you might be surprised to see how useless dictionary definitions actually are.