I learned, in my brief dalliance with the U.S. Navy, there were just five responses that covered anything a superior might say to you:
Yes, Sir!
No, Sir!
Aye, aye, Sir!
No excuse, Sir!
I'll find out, Sir!

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller