I flew from MAN T2 recently too. I hadn't realized there isn't a fast track - I thought there were signs to fast track but the length of the line immediately before the actual scanners was as long as the rest of the lines further to the right.

The Aspire lounge is simply awful. I don't really know what more to say. It is in the basement so has no apron view (or any other). It is very dark. The food had obviously been there for hours and more of it was on the work surfaces and surrounding the dishes than actually inside the serving bowls. As if a bunch of teenage boys who haven't eaten for a week had been there. Someone on their phone nearby with no headphones and with the volume turned nice and high. I feel terribly sorry for the staff who (to cap it all) had to deal with several pax who simply walked into the lounge, bypassing the queue, and started to take food without any sort of lounge access privileges at all. They seemed quite surprised to be challenged.

All I had was a fountain soda then left again.