Those Airport Tax Dollars at Work

Ever wonder what that airport tax stated on the breakdown of your plane ticket is for? Most of us would assume it’s for airport maintenance and upgrades, right?

Seems some of that airport tax will go towards sex-proofing airport restrooms – at least in Minneapolis for starters until someone else notable makes the news for allegedly seeking sex in another restroom somewhere else like the airport in Miami or Wichita. But what if it’s at a McDonalds or Costco? Honestly this could become an epidemic of epic proportions.

An article in today’s Washington Post revealed plans by the Minneapolis airport to install new longer bathroom stall dividers to prevent signaling for sex under the dividers. This now widely known as the famous hot spot where Senator Larry Craig has been accused of signaling for sex via a little foot tapping and hand waving under the divider. How do we know he wasn’t just nervous and panicked at no toilet paper in his stall and was simply signaling to his neighbor hoping they could spare a square or two out of kindness? Why do we always jump to the nasty conclusion first?

I’m just happy those ridiculous taxes that inflate the price of airline tickets to double the actual fare are being used for such practical solutions to our most pressing social problems. Now that I know this, I don’t mind paying them. However, I wonder if anyone thought that longer dividers may actually encourage actual sexual encounters since they offer more privacy to those who get off on getting it on in a public toilet. How romantic!