Plaintes concernant Aspria La Rasante

Plainte envoyée aux autorités publiques (Direction Générale Santé et Consommation de la Commision européenne, Ministère belge de la Consommation, Parlement Européen)

Mon problème et mes 4 questions

Le club de sport de luxe Aspria - La Rasante est en face de chez moi à Bruxelles, au 56 rue Sombre. J’habite au 69. En tant que membre depuis 3 ans, je m'y rendais régulièrement. Apparemment, la Rasante appartient à 98% à Cofinimmo (www.cofinimmo.com).

Le directeur, que je n'ai jamais vu, m'en a expulsé par email, sans me parler auparavant. Pendant 5 semaines, le management à Bruxelles et Londres a refusé de dire quelle était ma faute. Maintenant il présente un motif bidon (cf. email en fin de ce message). J'ai maintenant d'autres motifs de plainte et mes questions sont les suivantes :

• Un club de sport privé peut-il exclure un membre sans un dialogue préalable et sans motivation suffisante?
• Y-a-t-il une limite légale au nombre de membres que peut avoir un tel club?
• Pourquoi cette opacité à la Rasante sur les tarifs? Ils ne sont affichés nulle part, le consommateur doit négocier individuellement le prix de son abonnement annuel. Est-ce légal?
• La charte éthique de Cofinimmo vaut-elle engagement pour sa filiale aussi ? Est-elle une simple publicité? Si oui, son non-respect peut-il en faire une publicité mensongère? La même question vaut pour le site et les brochures Aspria: www.aspria.com

Pour finir, la surpopulation y est telle, que je doute que les règles de sécurité alerte, incendie et évacuation soient respectées à La Rasante.

Science: Why is L'Harassante a Lynching Park? (parody)

Aspria Hell : "Either you are satisfied or ..."

This is a parody. The real thing is at:

Aspria La Rasanterue Sombre 56 1200 Brussels

Tel: +32 (0)2 609 1902 www.royallarasante.be

(Lawyers: this is a parody)

The Real Truth revealed: rue Sombre and the Devil's Tar Pit

Did you know rue Sombre, where Asspria L'Harassante sinks its unhappy customers in a pool of feathers and tear was known as ruelle du Diable in the old times?

This is because the place was invested by demons and spooky ghosts. Old dwellers of Woluwé will assure you that they reincarnated as Asspria Managers. After many eons of wandering in a state of invisibility, Asspria Managers still retain that magic capability of making themselves invisible at leisure. If one should speak to you, it is a sign you are in trouble.

Tarring and feathering at Asspria L'Harassante, by Thor Berserker

In a typical tar-and-feathers attack by Asspria Management on a discontented customer, the subject of their anger is stripped to his waist. Hot tar is then either poured or painted onto the customer while he is immobilized by expectations of decent service and answers to his legitimate claims.

Then the customer either has mud and sand from the tennis courts mixed with tar thrown on him, or he is rolled around on a pile of subscription contracts which stuck to the tar.

Often the customer is then paraded around the premises to be bullied by other members on a Reebok step or a rail.

If the criminal customer is a woman, the lynching is milder. Only the head is shaven, tarred and feathered at the spa.

Picture: "Merry lynching at L'Harassante". The picture was taken last week with a spy camera. Management is visible on the picture which makes it a collectible item. 

Asspria Hell : "Either you are satisfied or ..."

Aspria Slogans and real-life service

"Asspria: You will be happy with us. If not we'll throw you out."

Parody

Asspria Slogans: an introduction

The Gentle Managers at Asspria Hell, or Asspriacid, or Asspirina depending on tradition, are sometimes made to look like moronic despots. But their real-life counterparts are a pretty good show by themselves, so try to see if you can spot one. I understand that like some other mammals, they only come out at night and are easily frightened at the sight of humans looking for help.

Picture: Asspria manager intimidating a customer

How Aspria inflicts pain on itself: idiotic slogans

This might be a parody, but it's hard to beat Aspria themselves at being candidates to "Un dîner de cons" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dinner_Game).

Actually, their site is an auto-parody of sorts. Have a good look around at the sales pitches, the welcome back to the 1950's pictures, the general atmosphere of sticky self-glorification :

http://www.aspria.com/

I found this beautiful piece of hand-carved bullshit on the first page:

"The Aspria Spas exist to promote innovative well being for body and soul."

Frankly what does this mean? Am I missing something subliminal? Try the game yourself: how many of that caliber per page?

Aspria's slogan copied in the email below sounds like a self-inflicted wound and Bullshit Bingo winner:

"Europe's finest Spas and Family Sporting Clubs in Europe"

This reeks of marketing bullshit. But they are paying to have this verbiage spread around and use it on their e-mail signatures. And the consumer ends up paying for that moronic claim.

Mind you, it might be true if they have defined the arbitrary category of "Spas and Family Sporting Clubs" in such a way that they are in competition with a couple of family ventures in Northern Cyprus where tennis courts have actual potato crops growing.