I very well could've left the area at my own discretion however like I mentioned I was waiting for a friend to get off work so I had to stick close to that area and not wander off and get lost. My earlier dinner plans with out of town family ended sooner than expected so I had a large gap of time left to fill on my own.  

So no maybe I wasn't literally 'stranded' but such query over semantics is a bit petty. You'll have to excuse my somewhat over-dramatic phrasing.