(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Wants to see if you are wearing real pants during video calls
Makes busy work for staff because they are afraid their paid staff needs to be directed
Begins the meetings with the usual, “How are you?” without any acknowledgment about what’s happening in the world
Shows PowerPoints slides during video calls but doesn’t narrate or use the screen sharing function
Reassigns staff, esp. lowest paid, to work they haven’t been trained for to justify keeping them paid
Assumes everyone has a dedicated home workspace or office. Also assumes people have constant access to computers (vs sharing in a house)
Uses the word “equity” to justify decision making happening to people of color without including communities in decision making
Boasts about how their staff can work remotely now, but didn’t offer these accommodations before COVID19
Assumes everyone has high-speed internet access and computer at home
Admonishes or gives the side-eye to someone when their kid photobombs a video call
Does not caption videos or provide an ASL interpreter
Insists that a pandemic is a great time to lose weight, take on a new hobby, exercise, or become a “better person”
Doesn’t check in about the feasibility or relevance of meetings set before the crisis — Business as Usual
Suggests to anxious people that all they need is some “self care” with a $40 candle and some Gwyneth Paltrow face exfoliation
Publishes resources and alerts only in English
Insists that everyone be available by video all of the time now (Big Brother), especially lowest paid staff
Talks about the joys and “freedoms” of “working from home” instead of acknowledging the stress for others trying to “survive a pandemic”
Asks: “Why are you so tired?”
Ignores equity and race related questions during town halls, Facebook Live events, etc.
Gathers staff for in-person meetings when work could be handled through email or conference call
Cancels office cleaning without inquiring about how to support displaced workers
Parental shaming for not working enough
Work warrior brags about getting bored at home and going to the office even though they were asked to telecommute
Talks on and on a conference call because they can’t read social cues to stop talking
