Lost in Translation

So the Dunkin Donuts on 28th and Madison HAS to be one of the worst. I went in today with my coworker because they had a huge sign that read " Small Iced Coffee $0.50 plus tax, all day April 21, 2009. I wait on an excruciatingly long line, and order my coffee. Here is how it went.

Me: Hi can I have a small iced coffee with skim milk and splenda?

Indian female DD Employee: How many splenda you want? (doesn't wait for answer calls out "small iced coffee, ONE splenda)

Me: TWO splendas.

DD Employee: TWO splenda?

Me: Yes.

DD Employee: (something in another language- hindi?) "TWO splenda"

DD Employee: $2.49.

Me: (confused look on face)...the sign says 50 cents.

DD Employee: Oh, OK..54 cents.

SO the coffee was horrible and watered down. Perhaps I would have been better off with the $2.49 version?

On another note, Hub and I went to a DD in Times Square. Hub ordered bagels and requested they be toasted.

Hub: 2 whole wheat bagels, toasted.

Indian male DD Employee: Oh, the toaster is out of order.

Hub: So its broken.

DD Employee: It not broken, just out of order.

Hub: Isn't that the same thing?

DD Employee: Its not broken, broken you cannot fix..its out of order. We can heat in the microwave.

Hub: Great.