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Isn't it actually ironic that a company would offer Thanksgiving lunch on a day when most people would not be in the mood to eat it (having eaten their fill the day before)?

3: a) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result; an event or result marked by such incongruity

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Nope, that's just poor planning on behalf of the company.

But let's say the company's boss refused to let his employees have Thanksgiving off because he did not want to be alone on Thanksgiving, so he was going to selfishly make his employees be with him and keep him company. However, all of his employees got caught in traffic --> behind a Thanksgiving parade --> that his company was sponsoring --> (with the theme, "home for the holidays") --> and he ended up alone at the office anyway...that would be ironic. It's situational.

I think it is ironic, according to the definition. Expected result is that when you order lunch, it should be a treat, something out of the ordinary. Actual result, everyone already had the same menu the day before, and probably brought it as leftover s, so it is not special anymore.

Maybe if the person who planned it ever said something to the effect of, "We will never host our Thanksgiving dinner the day after Thanksgiving. That would just be absurd!"

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