They didn't think about whether they actually improved customer service.
In turning a 462-page novel into a 140-minute film, he has naturally had to cut some corners, and in places he has actually improved the story, whose construction even Wharton's friend Henry James thought problematic.
Flash forward a year and a half and George looks like a different animal altogether; incredibly, he's actually improved.
Speaking of feelings of inadequacy, does anyone think Pep Guardiola will be secretly hoping that Dortmund win this just so he will have something that he can actually improve on when he takes over Bayern in the summer?
Earlier, he said that the move to bring in extra troops was not because G4S's performance had deteriorated - he said it had actually improved.
"There is data in rats showing that they live longer and have better cognitive function when they eat chocolate, and even in snails you can show that the snail memory is actually improved," he says.
Once he started talking about why he was traveling, his attitude actually improved.
The velocity on his fastball actually improved; through 1997, he said, he could throw in the mid-90-m.p.h.
The artificial digits have actually improved his handwriting, he said, and he likes their appearance, too.
What may be most upsetting about Smith's lack of progress is that quarterback Mark Sanchez, merely a punch line these days in New York, had eerily similar numbers during his initial 16 starts and actually improved as he played more -- something that Smith has not yet done.
