More Than Words?

MBTA Commuters are awesomely resourceful in their travels, even without full command of English. A really old Vietnamese man just walked by me, slowing down just long enough to ask "what number?" referring to the parked bus. I didn't know, so he asked the older man sitting on the bench, who told him "gone. bathroom" and then gestured with urgency for him to sit. I totally got the convo in just three words. And for the next few minutes, I too waited for the driver's bathroom break to end.