We really hope he likes that song and has a good sense of humor. Judging by the picture, he seems like a friendly guy, so we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Um, uh.. Right…. *Checks his pants to see if his wallet is still there…*
Really? These off-topic posts are getting a little ridiculous.
I disagree. I got a good chuckle from this one.
keep em coming!
And we pay so much every month just for access to this site! I think I’m going to quit and try to get AmEx to do a charge back for this month’s fee.
These comments complaining about these off-topic posts are getting a little ridiculous.
If you don’t like it, don’t read it! It’s a free blog … I for one appreciate some of these entertaining posts mixed in.
I think the comments complaining about complaints to off topic posts is ridiculous.
I make my own off topic posts at home.
The ones you buy in are just LOADED with HFCS, donchaknow.
Dimemvowelment in 5.. 4.. 3…
haha. i hope this guy is a huge prankster.
Ahhh a Rick Roll. It’s been a while. Off to youtube.
Careful. You never know when you might accidentally encounter a Snuggie doing the Macarena.
(no, in the interest of maintaining my sanity I’m not going to provide an actual link)
Who. “Who will never let you down.” Whos are for people, thats are for things — unless the rules have changed over the years, in which case, never mind.
So where does “which” fit in?
Somewhere near “whatever!”
Whichs are also for things, when the clause is set off by commas. “He’s the Goodyear Manager who will never let you down.” “The Goodyear that he manages will never let you down.” “The Anyville Goodyear, which is located on Sullivan Street, will never let you down.”
I guess the actual song bugs the crap out of you, what with the “never gonna”s flying everywhere.
The actual song bugs the hell out of me for reasons that have nothing to do with grammar. And I don’t expect the entire world to be grammatical — kittehs can has a pass, for example. But a professionally edited blog? Yeah, some English skills would be nice.
PedanticGuy, I’d argue that nouns like ‘manager’ are ambiguous in this way. They can either refer to positions, classes, etc., that people might fill, and which are THINGS, or they can refer to actual people. In any case, on the spectrum of grammatical errors, I think this is pretty minor.
Oh, I totally agree. Of course, there’s a damn picture of the guy with the article, which would seem to indicate that it’s a person.
Well, I was thinking a logically expanded version of the sentence might be something like “Here is a particular example of the type ‘manager’ that will never let you down (and this example happens to be a person who is named Rick Roll).” I could be wrong. It seems to be one of those borderline cases.
That poor guy is probably going to wonder why his mailbox is bursting at the seams with links to Youtube videos…at least until the Goodyear mail servers collapse under the load…
I called him to say how much I liked his service, he said…
“We’re no strangers to love…”
I’d say that “judging by the picture,” he’s one missed McDonald’s breakfast cut-off time from going postal on the world.
Ha ha! That’s funny!
Thanks for the giggle, Consumerist.
Seriously? Now even your name can get you on the consumerist…
Godyear is a place to NEVER have your car worked on…. especially brakes.
Last year on a brake overhaul, they filled my master cylinder with GEAR OIL. It destroyed my entire brake system and had to be completely rebuilt….. The manager was a weasel and even impersonated me with another shop to get them to try to take the blame.
Even after the authorities found all sorts of shenanigans going on there and issued tons of fines, Goodyear never fired him… he still works there to this day.
Real lowdown slimy company.