No, but surely they have a better chance of tracking that person down than Seth does, especially if they are asking him for a favour. It certainly wouldn't hur

No, but surely they have a better chance of tracking that person down than Seth does, especially if they are asking him for a favour. It certainly wouldn't hurt to spend 15 minutes trying, or as others have said, say you will try. The main point is that blaming someone else inside your organisation to shift the blame from yourself is not cool.