That reminds me of this one time when I was in Auckland for a week with a couple of mates a few years ago & I can remember everytime I spoke to a Kiwi (be it when trying to buy something or to my Mate's Kiwi GF at the time) they all told me "Sorry, but I can't understand a word you're saying. You speak way too fast & your accent is making it much worse. Can you say it again much_slower?"
I tried speaking_slower but they still couldn't bloody figure me out... *deep sigh*