"we're serving you tonight" (a puzzled rant)

I found a puzzling and unexpected change in policy at Planet Eats at Fairhaven. I reach for the Tofu like normal and the guy tells me "we're serving you tonight" (which of course is a passive way of saying that I am banned from getting my own tofu) so I'm like alright and I get the shittest tofu in the bin. I then get in another line, and then go to the sandwich bar so I can do it myself. In fact I've never seen the salad/sandwich bar get so much use.

It's probably classic here to complain about the dining halls and it is finally my turn. I can find no acknowledgements of this on Dining at WWU social media, or any other information, and I don't know if this is an indefinite policy change or just "tonight" as was implied. I don't really like this kind of change and part of the comfort of going there is not having to interact with anyone if I don't want to. I don't know the motivation for this but the effect is very unpleasant for our social anxiety/autistic/generally-not-wanting-to-talk-to-people students.

Does anyone know more or have a similar experience?