A pox on you, Ryanair! The budget airline has officially gone off the deep end in terms of ridiculous fees. Remember the "pay-per-pee" idea they floated a few months back? The one that everyone scoffed at and didn't believe that the airline would actually implement? Yeah, well, it's happening. Just as soon as they can figure out how to install credit card machines on the bathroom doors, which they estimate will be within the next two years. It will cost about a pound ($1.65) to get the bathroom door open, and my guess is you'll be required to charge it. If that wasn't enough (which it totally is!) they're also considering yanking out two of the three standard toilets on board to make room for more seats.
In CEO Michael O'Leary's words: "We are flying aircraft on an average flight time of one hour around Europe. What the hell do we need three toilets for?" So let me get this straight. First, you're charging us $67.50 just to check in. Then you're charging us $5 a pop for drinks, and then charging us $1.65 to pee them out. This sounds, well, like a bad business move. When I mentioned to several friends that Ryanair was indeed going to charge for the use of the toilet, their response were unanimous: "I would pee all over the bathroom" ... "I would spend the whole flight in there, drinking drinks and just waiting to pee" ... "I would tag team the bathroom and prop the door open so other people could use it." Not nice, Ryanair. Would this be considered discrimination against people with small bladders and/or pregnant women?


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