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It was a prank that was pulled off in plane sight.
An Irish restaurant mocked Michael O’Leary — the CEO of budget airline Ryanair — by adding additional charges to his food bill, mimicking the extra fees his carrier often piled onto customers.
Luvida, a restaurant in Navan, Ireland, shared in a Facebook post on Friday evening which stated: “Thank you to Michael O’Leary for choosing to dine with us tonight! It was a pleasure to host you.”
“Hope you don’t mind us adding some additional charges to your bill for extra leg space, priority booth seating and quiet area reservation,” they quipped.
They shared a photo of the bill they presented to the 64-year-old airline CEO that had an added $40.85 (€37.85) in “fees.”
The so-called fees included a $8.58 (€7.95) fee for “extra leg space,” $10.73 (€9.95) for “priority booth seating” and $21.53 (€19.95) for a “quiet reservation area.”
Luvida even added “Terminal 1” to O’Leary’s mock receipt, along with his actual order which included a bottle of pinot grigio, battered prawns, mushroom toast and sea bass dishes. His total bill came out to $153.55 (€142.30).
The charges were added as a joke, with restaurant manager Marika Chocianwoicz telling the Sunday World that they didn’t end up actually charging O’Leary the additional cash.
“We were going to but we chickened out,” she said, adding that he won’t get away with bypassing fees next time.
Clearly taking the joke in good humor, O’Leary posed for a photo with Chocianwoicz.
She added that regardless of the fees, O’Leary left a nice tip after dining.
“He did leave a nice tip. There was a nasty comment saying he probably didn’t leave a tip but he did.”
The low-cost carrier has become notorious for imposing additional charges — and recently declared that passengers who arrive too late for their flights will be forced to pay.
Under the new policy, flyers will have to pay $128 per passenger if they show up less than 40 minutes before departure.
