Keith was surprised when his boss invited a co-worker to lunch but did not invite him. At first, Keith was convinced that he had not been invited because they wanted to discuss Keith's job performance at lunch. Later, the co-worker told Keith that the boss had taken her to lunch to tell her that she was being laid off. Privately, Keith was relieved because it now made perfect sense to him why he had not been invited to lunch. In this scenario, Keith appears to be:

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Keith's thought process in this scenario appears to be normal, as he initially assumed that he was not invited to lunch because of job performance concerns, but later understood that the real reason was the co-worker's layoff. He did not display any irrational or delusional thinking.

Keith Was Surprised When His Boss Invited a Co-Worker to Lunch