You ever notice that a lot of people from India answer every question with "Yes" before actually responding? This his got to be one of the most annoying as hell things to deal with daily. Every time I ask a certain couple of people a question at work, I have to ask multiple times to figure out what the hell they're saying when they answer. I've been dealing with this for so many years from so many local workers from India. This makes dealing with their brutal accents just that much more difficult.

Me> "Did you finish that work item I need?"
Kumar> "Yes"
Me> "Oh yeah?"
Kumar> "The thing is I will finish it tomorrow."
Me> "What?"

Many episodes like the above happen daily and drive me up the wall.
I've begun telling these repeat offenders not to answer "Yes" to every question before actually answering. Perhaps, I'll prod a bit and find out if it's a stupid cultural thing. My Indian co-workers who are more English competent don't seem to do this, maybe I'll ask one of them what the deal is with this annoyance.