Imagine this. You get sick and decide to skip going to the gym for a couple of days. However, when you finally pay a visit to the gymnasium after days, you find out that the company has shut shop.
In fact, the company has moved the majority of its stuff from there, including the locker where you had stored your things before you got sick. Well, this is exactly what happened with a Twitter user.
Anushka was shocked to see the empty space, that just two weeks back, used to be her gym. And she’s not talking about any local, unprofessional, galiwala gym. This is a very popular health and fitness franchise ‘Cult.Fit’ owned and endorsed by Bollywood celebrities.
What took the podcast consultant by surprise was that the gym didn’t even bother making her aware of the move even though they keep flooding her with marketing emails.
Hence, she decided to bring this incident to everyone’s notice online. In a tweet, Anushka wrote:
“Got covid and took a 2-week break from the gym, come back today and the whole place is shut down and everything from my locker is gone. What’s up yo @cultfitofficial no notice on app/email/msg nothing?”
Got covid and took a 2 week break from the gym, come back today and the whole place is shut down and everything from my locker is gone 🙃
What’s up yo @cultfitofficial no notice on app/email/msg nothing? pic.twitter.com/GpPxhgPJBO
— anushka (@anushcache) May 9, 2023
Can’t get a break from the ⚠️ marketing emails ⚠️ but y’all don’t send even ONE email about a gym shutting down?
— anushka (@anushcache) May 9, 2023
After she shared the incident with people online, many shared similar experiences.
This happened with last year. No info at all. I go there and found the centre doesn’t exist anymore both physically and digitally.
— Hite⚡️h (@hiteshgandhi2) May 9, 2023
These guys have the worst service and almost zero intent to resolve anything for anyone, in this day and age at that. If you know anyone in the company, you’d have a chance of getting actual help
— The Last Cookie (@Rrrrohini) May 9, 2023
Yes, they don’t communicate such things! Happened similar thing to me. Was sick and when i tried to book a slot for group session the gym was not in app! When I visited Gym they said they broke up with Cult! No communication nothing!
— Jayy! (@_imbj_) May 10, 2023
Cult thinks it’s doing us a favour by opening gyms. Such shoddy management. Completely agree with almost all points in this thread!
— Sonal (@Sonalomania) May 10, 2023
Sad! They are just enough at marketing but would never spend much on sustaining. Hope you get back your things.
— Rohit Kokane (@rohitkokane_) May 10, 2023
@cultfitOfficial rudely fired many of their employees without proper notice during the Covid pandemic, so I’m not really surprised. This doesn’t seem to be a principled business.
— Rohan Rinaldo Felix 📝 (@therohanfelix) May 10, 2023
Others joked about it as they were reminded of the infamous ‘Laxmi Chit Fund’ from the movie ‘Phir Hera Pheri’ that disappeared days after taking money from the investors.
This happened with me when I went to hostel to take my remaining stuff after 1st lockdown and all things were gone.😅
— YASH PAOTA (@yashpaota) May 9, 2023
— Dheeraj Goel (@Dheerajopinion) May 9, 2023
Laxmi Cult Fund pic.twitter.com/I1HWT5xcUc
— Abhishek Bhalerao (@mumbaiactor_) May 9, 2023
Laxmi chit fund ka naam suna hai?
— ⭐⭐ (@karan_arora2608) May 9, 2023
Lol, this reminds me of pic.twitter.com/Cx8rPUfgLe
— Agender 🌻 (@Escapis79289182) May 9, 2023
Gym skips you.
— Jash Valia (@JashValia) May 9, 2023
They were quarantined 😅
— Kuntal Singhvi.eth 📸 (@kuntal_singhvi) May 9, 2023
The writing is on the wall ‘No Excuse Zone’ 😂
— BombayFirst (@BombayFirst) May 10, 2023
Gym be like “Who are you to skip the Gym.
I’ll skip you all!” 😝— Akshay Aiyer (@akshayaiyer_) May 9, 2023
The gym authority, however, apologized for the inconvenience caused.
We'd like to clarify that the centre is not permanently shut. We are relocating to a more suitable location less than 1km away. The upgraded facility will open by early June. We are committed to enabling a smooth transition. Please contact us for any queries. (2/2)
— cult.fit (@cultfitOfficial) May 10, 2023
We understand the impact it has on you, and please rest assured that we are actively investigating it and finding a solution as quickly as possible. (2)
— cult.fit (@cultfitOfficial) May 10, 2023
This is hilarious but also very irresponsible on the part of the gym.