I went to my friend's place today. While leaving her house, I checked with her on how to go to the nearest bus stop. Now you must be wondering shouldn't it be the same bus stop where I got down to reach her house then. Actually, I went to her house from a different place, so I had taken a different bus, for which the bus stop was different. Now I had to get back home, for which the bus would come to a different stop.
She said, "After going out, take right. Go straight. After reaching the end of the road, take right turn and walk some distance, you will reach the bus stop. In fact, take right or left, you will reach the bus stop either way".
As suggested by her, when I reached the end of the road, I recalled what she said "take right or left, you will reach the bus stop either way". So, I took the left turn, hoping that I would find the bus stop. I walked for some 50 meters, but the bus stop was not to be seen. The bus which I had to take, just went past me. Agitated, I ran behind the bus hoping that the bus stop would be only a few meters away and I would board the bus when it stops there. Unfortunately, the bus stop was farther than I expected. Agonizingly I saw the bus stopping and leaving the bus stop :(. Needless to say, I missed the bus.
I stopped running and walked for few minutes to finally reach the bus stop. There was a flower vendor. I checked with her that it was indeed the bus stop where my bus would stop. Just then a thought flashed across my mind. What if I had taken the right turn? Would it have been the 'right' turn?
I waited for some 15 minutes, the bus that I was waiting for arrived and for some weird reason, it did not stop at that stop. This time my friend's initial statement came to my mind, "After reaching the end of the road, take right turn and walk some distance you will reach the bus stop". This made me think again, should I have taken the right turn? Would it have been the 'right' turn?
Now I had to play the waiting game. A lot of thoughts were criss-crossing my mind. Should I have taken right instead of left? Will I have got the bus much earlier than what it would be now? Should I have followed my friend's instruction chronologically? And many more. Basically, would the right turn have been the 'right' turn?
