They see the conflict as an impediment to growth and an ideological distraction (rather than serviceable tool).
Smyly is no ace, but rather a serviceable starter with an upside who Tampa can control into 2018, while Franklin is a former first-round pick who needs a chance.
It makes sense, really - just like at home, asking these kinds of questions in airports and bus stations isn't met with friendly enthusiasm, but rather a serviceable and curt answer.
But too many of the performances, like Rudman's production as a whole, are serviceable rather than exciting.
The stories themselves are serviceable rather than inspired and there is no back-story spark between any of the characters to add depth.
Clean, comfy rooms and apartments (make sure you get one with a sea view) are serviceable rather than stylish, but it's likely you'll be spending most of your day around the magnificent outdoor pool or on the beach.
Mikami's latest work is not enormously 21st-century, though: the graphics are serviceable rather than beautiful, and it has a designed-in level of clunkiness that forces you to play in a certain way.
The last third as originally written had promised such delights as Pitt pressganged into a Russian zombie-killing cavalry, hacking a swath through an undead-packed Red Square, but the released ending is serviceable rather than spectacular, shuffling off in a disappointingly conventional and tidy fashion.
In that show, the actors were positioned with lots of space between them, and Cromer infiltrated those spaces with heavy shadows and a minimum of evenly placed lighting; the actors, speaking from their characters' minds, talked inside an atmosphere that was deliberate rather than just serviceable.
