Communication problems #1

Finding something to eat is not too difficult here...lots of small shops and stands.
To actually get food in the end, however, does sometimes prove to be challenging...
so this one time, I went to a kebab stand..I asked for a nice big kebab..and all I got was a small something..
so this other time, I went to the shop next to it..there they produce the kebab bred before your eyes, put it in the oven, then put cheese on it, heat it on something hot and put in the meat... looks great..but it's not so easy to actually get it... so I went up to the shop and since there were people standing outside I waited in line.. after a couple of minutes when nothing moved I asked the foreigner next to me how this works and he said I can cut the line and go up and order...ok..done.. well, not really..the guy did not speak any English and he started telling me things in Arabic, so I settled for something he proposed, by nodding... then, nothing happens..so I ask the other foreigner to help me..he does and tells the dude to hurry up..ok... nothing happens...then, the foreigner goes into the store and tells that I would like the nice big kebab....so the waiter says I have never ordered...do I have a note with my order on it? so I tell my translator to tell the waiter that he never took my order...ah yeah...then sorry, he can't give me anything cause they are dealing with a big order...well..after 20 minutes it turns out I had to go to the kebab next door..(yeah, the one from last time) and I had to settle yet for another mini kebab..