"You're not the XXX, you're the product" Oh boy that one we're going to hear for a long time apparently :( I know lots of people who paid $$$ for MBAs. And t

"You're not the XXX, you're the product" Oh boy that one we're going to hear for a long time apparently :( I know lots of people who paid $$$ for MBAs. And then they went on to make more $$$ than they would have without their MBAs. In a matter of two to three years they'd have make back what they paid their MBA. How are they the "product" of the business school? To me they're the customer: they paid $$$ for the opportunity to then get $$$$$. But it's sooooo easy to try to knock people down by repeating that "you're the product" mantra as if people were merchandise and the web is so full of people who just love to try to diminish others that I'm pretty sure we'll keep reading "you're the product" for a long time...