Ryanair aka Air Gitmo?

RantWoman spent a good bit of time over this evening's shared eggplant solving the world's problems. The most consequential problem we got to tonight was the proposal by the president of Ireland-based Ryanair to charge a pound to use the loo on the company's flights!

RantWoman is fairly broadminded about what she considers tolerable facilities, but she finds airliner restrooms so disagreeable she is trying really hard to imagine an airplane restroom anyone would pay to use. RantWoman has never flown Ryanair and she really cannot imagine that the experience would hold up well to the effects of what would happen to anyone caught without the required 1-pound coin.

The typical aircraft just does not tend to come with compost piles needing to be activated, or with mad composters collecting solid donations to give to their sweeties for Valentine's day. RantWoman just is not very confident that the Transportation Security Administration or the Department of Homeland... would cope well at all with the ramifications of such options.

However, upon a moment's reflection, if attention to a basic human bodily function is incompatible with Ryanair's profit picture, perhaps Ryanair could try a slightly different approach for enhancing their revenue. Anyone who requests one in advance could be issued a free adult-sized pullup good for the entire flight. Or discerning passengers could be offered the whole Air Gitmo package including orange jumpsuit and blackout goggles as well as the pullup. Or if Ryanair were really slick about marketing maybe they could get people to pay 25 pounds to be deprived of their human rights too?

What? You think RantWoman should not quit her day job and try for a marketing job at ....