Answer the Question (Please?)

To Whom it May Concern,

We're going about our day.  Normal life. 

I realize I need to know something.  I know you have the answer. So I ask you a question.

And you answer a completely different question!

Which leaves me looking like this:

Oh, you think I meant to ask something else?  You think I was beating around the bush, or implying something, or had a hidden agenda?

Well, people do that sometimes.  But I was not doing that.

Just answer the question I asked.  Please?

Then, if I was beating around the bush, implying something, or had a hidden agenda, it falls on me to state the real question.

But if I wanted to know the answer to the question I asked, we'll be done.

Thank you.  Thank you very much.