A 2 min ride or an hour long trip??

Was just coming out of Sainsbury's, hmm too many bags to carry and although I am putting up pretty much at a walking distance I decided to board a bus to help my cause.
It was raining and dark so I started running towards the bus stop trying to get as little wet as possible. It was great I didn't have to wait long, the correct route bus was there, so I boarded handful of grocery bags and was off on a small ride towards home. I stood by the window to keep a check on where I need to de-board, unfortunately I couldn't see anything that resembled some land mark I was so used to. Yes by now I realized I had boarded the right bus from the wrong side of the road, but this wasn't a big worry just a big investment of time.
The world is round, what goes around comes around and so was this bus supposed, to I did reach my home but after a full trip of the bus to its last stop, back to where I had actually boarded the bus and finally to home sweet home.