Identity crisis

Special K sometimes gets a little confused taking phone messages. Often the names are hysterically misspelled. Sometimes it becomes abundantly clear that she has no idea what the hell each of us does in the office (we're an office of 6 people with distinct roles--it's not that difficult).

One day I returned from lunch to find a "While You Were Out" slip on my chair. On it she wrote

Ben Thomas called. He is or knows Dave Gilligan. Please call him. XXX-123-4567

Now, I could be wrong, but I think if the guy is Dave Gilligan, he can probably identify himself as Dave Gilligan. There's no need to offer up another name to throw me off. Somehow this didn't strike K as strange, and that worries me...