You guys are on your own; I killed it the first time.
Much harder to slip a sandwich through the window.
Um, the OP says that it worked out in post 14.
And I’ve never had any difficulty in making a connection in any airport, if I wasn’t changing airlines (which I would hardly ever do). First of all, the gates for any given airline are usually close to each other, so there’s not far to go, and second, the airline will usually delay the second flight for late arrivals on their own line. That said, though, 30 minutes is short enough to be inconvenient, because it doesn’t give you much time to hit the restroom and grab a meal.