| They wanted us to treat them as fungible, replaceable cogs in the machine, not unlike this whole stupid pets-vs-cattle debate with servers. I have found that

| They wanted us to treat them as fungible, replaceable cogs in the machine, not unlike this whole stupid pets-vs-cattle debate with servers. I have found that when communicating with "business degree" people, I will often use this as a common starting point but then add "but you'll spend far more replacing the knowledge that people take when they leave"