In every away game, the badminton team always complains about several factors contributing to our poor performance. As a team, we usually blame the fact that we didn’t get good sleep the night before, the nonexistent gusts of wind in the gym and tiny tears on the birdie. However, our biggest grievance is with other schools’ gym lights.
Monta Vista is the worst offender; the school’s field house is every badminton player’s worst nightmare. Its gym lights are extraordinarily bright.
Every time the birdie was in the air during my match, it vanished into the glare. It was so unexpected that I simply tripped and landed on my tush in an attempt to rally back the mysteriously lost, rogue bird.
If I had a dollar for every time I lost a point due to the blinding badminton lights, I would have like … 21 bucks — that’s basically Monta Vista bageling us (beating us 21-0), though we miraculously still won a measly 12 points. I pray that in the near future, society will invent ambient lighting to solve the issue of teleporting birdies and significantly decrease the number of crashouts the badminton team gets from these overly bright gym lights.
