Don't feel bad :-) My 11 year-old son (a native English speaker) said the same thing to me just yesterday. "Hey, bud. Why don't you pick up those two plastic c

Don't feel bad :-) My 11 year-old son (a native English speaker) said the same thing to me just yesterday. "Hey, bud. Why don't you pick up those two plastic containers and follow me." "OK, but dad, it really confuses me when you say that. Can't you just say 'please pick up those containers'? It sounds like you're giving me an option but you're really not." Until he said that, I had never given it a thought. But he takes things very literally, so I can see how it's confusing even though he knows what I mean.