Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know

Conversation today:

(G is my internship boss and he called me to find out how many people I'd gotten to commit to come to workshop on Wednesday morning)

g: Hi, Laura. Have you been able to get a best-guess count for Wednesday's workshop?

me: Yes, so far I've gotten 8 solid yeses from those I've talked to.

g: Great, did you email people as well?

me: Yep, and as those continue to trickle in I'll keep you updated.

g: Okay, have you spoken with Hilary about possible overlap between your two lists?

me: I don't know who Hilary is, so no. I can call her and find out though if you want.

g: Well I need to give Brad an estimate of how many people will be coming. Hilary has 13 and you have 8 but will any of those people be on both lists?

me: Well I just contacted those who filled out the BYU conference evaluations. Who did she contact?

g: I don't know, Legacy's clients I assume.

me thinking: ummmm...then why would there be any overlap if we're calling two completely separate lists? And what is Legacy?

me out loud: Okay...

g: I just don't want to tell him there will be so many people if your lists are the same.

me thinking: what is going on?

me out loud: well I can call Hilary and we can compare lists.

g: okay, that would be good.

me: how can I contact her?

g: just call Legacy and ask for her.

me: I don't know what Legacy is.

g: oh, let me text you the number.

me: great sounds good!

g: Yeah then just let me know if there is any repeats between the two lists.

I GET THE POINT!

And no, there were no repeats.