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?”

David: “quit asking me ‘buddy questions’!”
by entechUS October 24, 2018
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