Martens Claims AOY Title

DETROIT — "There's no such thing as a win-win."

That's what the leader of a major American corporation once told a friend, who worked as a hotel manager.

She had tried to split the difference between winning and losing on the rates for a multi-room booking with the company. She explained that it was the lowest room-rate they'd ever offered, and it was one in which the hotel could still make a profit.

"It's a win-win," she smiled.

The corporate man in charge sneered, "There's no such thing as a win-win. There's a WINNER, and there's a LOSER."

No such thing as a win-win? It seems unreasonably harsh and especially ugly. The reality of it, however...