[pavel_lishin]

> Many of us have had to suffer through college lectures of dubious real-world application and near-incomprehensible accents.

From here; the implication seems to be that it's only in college lectures that people are faced with strong accents.

[happytoexplain]

Not at all - I can't see how you're coming to that assumption. And even if that were the case, it still doesn't follow that somebody who has coworkers with (I'll charitably add a word for you: Strong) strong accents can't have an opinion that strong accents are a problem in critical communication.