you reminded me of a comment I wrote on @kus-knee's post a few weeks back that seems especially relevant now! lol
Why Are Prices so High at Airports And Highway Stops?
alexpmorris: another reason that TSA / customs agents take your water bottles away going through the checkpoints. all's left is for them to sell it back to you coming out the other side, or would that make the scam too obvious?! lol
and this one...
How they have not started to charge per use of the bathroom is beyond my understanding.
alexpmorris: some airlines have already tried that too... lol
Link: Paying to Pee: Have the Airlines Gone Too Far?
Last time we went down to Mexico, as their "TSA" confiscated a few of our items, we were able to peak into the barrel full of obscure items they'd "appropriated". Really makes you wonder if they weren't just trying to restock that sales booth out the back side of the airport! lol
Haha well, you know you might be onto something!
In Europe on RyanAir, they charge for toilet use... at least they did 5 years ago when I was flying with them. It was only 1 euro but still... I could not believe the cheapness of that airline lol but then again the tickets reflect that price so, you know, you get what you pay for ;)
I'm sure someone is making a side business off of this. Leaving Vegas, I had this really cool bottle opener that I had paid strip prices for and they were telling me I had to toss it. I refused so they took me out of line, brought me over to UPS and had me pay for everything to ship it back to Canada. $20 later... it never made it to my house! I have always wondered about that one!
:S Somethings going on over there and I don't like it haha