I think it's possible just to switch to using XRP in such a case.
I know this might be not an answer to your question, but just think about it - if you need transactions like those from Ripple, so what do you want from Bitcoin? There are lots of coins that solve the issues with slow transactions, just some of them and don't make things more complicated than they are.
It is not the case that we need to change from bitcoin to XRP, I see the point is if the technology behind XRP can be use in bitcoin as well in order to promote fast and much more efficient transactions. In this case, we don't need to find another altcoin such as XRP just to pay small amounts and long period of time since we are as fast as them and as efficient as well.