The commander would had not given the order had the kitbag question not been asked.. Because of asking the question, the soldier has caused grief for himself and the fellow soldiers from his squad.
A semi passive-aggressive statement delivered a question format in a effort to lessen the sting of the obvious failure on your part.
The person asking the question already knows the answer, they just want to create the uncomfortable moment of making you state what is already obvious.
Buddy: “Do you think that we should have a written policy about Sales people discounting deals without permission below our stated floor?”
A question a person puts as their status they can easily find out by typing it in google, rather than wasting time and typing it in facebook and waiting for a reply, google does it in (0.06 seconds)
Facebook AttentionQuestion Ex: Hey people, how do I make it so that it says where I'm at on here, you know, the locations thingy!?