Ryanair is well-known for its strange policies. They wanted people to pay to use the toilet, they ordered seats where you would stand up all the way to your destination, they forced disabled passengers to pay for wheelchairs. The CEO, Michael O'Leary, actually lay down on the meeting table during a discussion with a group of my students.
But this...this is one step too far.
I am a native English speaker, but I speak fluent Afrikaans. This is partly because I grew up during apartheid and it was the main language of the country, and partly because I lived in an Afrikaans neighbourhood growing up and when everyone you play with speaks it, you quickly learn. But not everyone speaks Afrikaans. It is only one of 11 official languages. And for many, it was the language of the oppressors, who forced them to speak it. What on earth was Ryanair thinking with this ridiculous test!
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