What is your view of people who regularly misuse big words they misunderstand, in a vain attempt to seem more intelligent?

“Good afternoon, sir, my name is Randy D, how may I help you, please?”

“Yeah, basically I jes’ wanna git some information about (name).”

“Well, due to privacy concerns, we’re limited as to what information can be divulged to a third party.”

“What if I’m like basically a relative of hissen?”

“What exactly is your relationship to him, sir?”

“None really, but since I actually been knowin’ him so long, we’re basically like related an’ sh**.”

“Are you saying that the two of you are relatives, or that you’re friends, sir?”

”Basically, yeah.”

”I’m sorry, sir, but you’ll have to be more specific than that. Which is it?  Are you friends or are you not friends?”

”Yeah.”

”I don’t know what that means.”

”Like, I actually dint call up for all dese questions, why can’t you basically jes’ look him up an’ tell me what I wanna know?”

”As I told you, sir, he has to give permission for any release of information. Right now, you’re just a voice on the phone, we have no way of knowing if he wants it discussed with you until or unless he authorizes it.”

”But I just told you I’m like basically his friend.”

”That’s not a relationship, but either way, there’s nothing I can divulge to you right now.”

”Dat’s basically the second time you said dat; what does it mean?”

”Which part, sir?”

”Basically, dat word you used: da bulge.”

”Oh, you mean ‘divulge’.  It means to reveal information.”

”Den why dint you jes’ basically say dat?”

”We’ll have to wrap this up, sir, I won’t be able to assist you at this time. If you’d like to get in contact with him and seek his permission, we’ll gladly provide him with the form that he needs to fill out.”

”So basically, dat’s it?  You dint even help me at all, actually.”

(Choking back the bile.) “I cant help you, even if I wanted to. It’s by regulation and by law that he would have to sign a privacy agreement specifically naming you as the authorized recipient prior to us revealing any information.”

”Does it make a actual difference if I’m like gonna be basically named on the account along wit’ him?”

”We’ll wait until we hear from him, sir.”