In much of the developed world, it's simply a given that restaurants strive for good service: Diners aren't expected to be responsible for motivating servers.
Usually, when companies strive for a competitive advantage by offering superior service or building a better mousetrap, we all benefit.
We may pay lip service to sustainability and strive for a toddler-size carbon footprint, but who among us is considering the environment when our cupboards are stuffed with nonbiodegradable synthetic Marc Jacobs fetish frocks, shiny plastic Balenciaga houndstooth-check spring coats and truckloads of industrial-strength Spanx made of who knows what mysterious chemical compound?
Although in health services survey research we strive for a high response rate, this must be balanced against the need to recruit participants ethically and considerately, particularly in surveys with a sensitive nature.
"There are times in politics when you have to know not to strive for service, but to step back, and that moment has come for me," Mr. Paterson told a room full of reporters in an afternoon news conference.
Coca-Cola, one of the "presenting partners", has awarded a fifth of the Sheffield torch relay places to Asda nominees, none local, some from faraway Kent, whose achievements appear on their nomination forms: "reaching the target on goods in"; "helps out with the reverse cycle project landing in stores"; "to always strive for world class service and live and breathe the Asda beliefs".
I learned to be proud of what you do and to strive for excellence in service.
Whereas the electricity utilities typically strive for universal, homogenised service provision, the households embraced heterogeneity in their provision solutions and their sense of sovereignty.
Strive for courteous, professional service.
Health workers strive for offering good services in a resource-poor setting.
