Do you remember those late-night infomercials with that Vietnamese guy Tom Vu? The commercials showed him driving sports cars and lounging on yachts with bikini girls while pitching his real estate scheme; look for distressed sellers, and take advantage of them. He advised searching through the obituaries, then tracking down widows and low-balling them on the family house.
The CEO of Irish airline Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, is clearly a student of the ‘get rich by walking on the backs of others’ school of thought. His ideas to maximize profits included charging flyers €1 to use washrooms while on airplanes, and stacking travelers into standing room only seats, kind of like a can of sardines.
The real problem with rich dirtbags like O’Leary is that while they treat others like human garbage, they act like rules of society simply don’t apply to them… and nobody stops them.
For example, rather than driving himself to work, or having a chauffer, O’Leary bought Tillingdale Ltd, a taxicab company based in Mullingar, Ireland. The company owns a Mercedes-Benz S Class with a taximeter installed, which allows it to drive in bus lanes and avoid skip traffic jams. But it’s a scam because the taxicab’s only customer is O’Leary.
Whatta jerk!
Jerks are gonna jerk. But what about the lawmakers that allow these loopholes to exist?