If you were a non-native speaker I would give more leeway because the implication of the question is more likely to be missed by the person asking. I heard a s

If you were a non-native speaker I would give more leeway because the implication of the question is more likely to be missed by the person asking. I heard a story once of an asian woman in a business meeting who started talking about erections. She was trying to say election. If a clearly native speaker had said it, the reaction would have been vastly different. That question has all sorts of implications, not the least of which is being an accusation that the other person is disagreeing in bad faith, as well as an extreme level of condescension. You don't speak to your coworkers the way you speak to your partner.