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Re:If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Park... by andyv on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:55PM (#21074620)
Old quote, can't rememeber where I first heard it:

"At universities, the employees get better parking than the customers".

Although it wasn't true at my alma mater, where the only difference was that for staff and faculty the university would deduct the parking fees from your paycheck. For your convenience.

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Re:If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Park... by richdougherty on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @06:06PM (#21076109)
My parents owned a business, which I worked in sometimes. Working elsewhere I do really notice that employees capture a lot of benefits which perhaps should go to customers...
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Re:If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Park... by lonelappde on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:12AM (#21081022)
Faculty aren't employees at a good university. They are patronees. As are the students The customers who pay the bills have long since graduated.
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Re:If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Park... by cloudmanic on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @05:47PM (#21075905)
Interesting. Never thought about that. So true.
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Re:If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Park... by benj111 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @06:53PM (#21076477)
Are students customers or product?
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Re:If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Park... by pkaye on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @06:58PM (#21076512)
The students pay so they are the customers. The product is the degree.
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Re:If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Park... by benj111 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:21PM (#21076655)
I feel you could make an equal case for the government/lenders being the customer.

I think you're probably right about students not being the product, they're more of a raw material?

I'm being slightly cheeky, but I don't think the relationship is best viewed as the student being the customer, certainly not if the degree is the product.

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Re:If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Park... by novok on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:27PM (#21076684)
You could say the real customers are corporations, that students pay as a supplier.
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Re:If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Park... by statusquoantefa on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @11:18PM (#21077853)
in most cases these days, the degree doesn't pay, so you're right, it must be the product.
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