Sometimes everyone acknowledges and wishes that solving X were the path forward, but for political, inertial, technical-debt, financial, or stubborn customer-related reasons, we must think only about Y.

These conversations often end with the responder saying "then you should change teams." Which might be the ultimate XY answer.

Frylock: Have you seen my towel?

Master Shake: Just use a paper towel.

Frylock: I'm taking a bath.

Master Shake: They're right in the kitchen, just go get 'em!

Would you prefer that Foo who (let's assume) doesn't know how to solve this in kubernetes would have stayed quiet?