“MYTAXES”Livessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingaboutGetsmad andhangs upIssue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hoursTells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaintInsinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedaboutReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard ofUnintelligible“Mypropertyvalue”“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Thinkswe’rethe EPAOnly returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigated“I’ve livedhere #years”“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Has aweaponTells youhow oldthey areThreatensto call themediaTalksaboutcontactingpoliticiansBringsup alawsuitRequeststests wedon’t doNot ourregion/jurisdictionComplainsaboutanotherinvestigatorIssue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout itConspiracytheoryExtremeexaggerationabout thesituationYellsat youDisgruntledex-employee“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Doesn’tlet you geta word in“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”“MYTAXES”Livessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingaboutGetsmad andhangs upIssue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hoursTells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaintInsinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedaboutReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard ofUnintelligible“Mypropertyvalue”“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Thinkswe’rethe EPAOnly returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigated“I’ve livedhere #years”“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Has aweaponTells youhow oldthey areThreatensto call themediaTalksaboutcontactingpoliticiansBringsup alawsuitRequeststests wedon’t doNot ourregion/jurisdictionComplainsaboutanotherinvestigatorIssue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout itConspiracytheoryExtremeexaggerationabout thesituationYellsat youDisgruntledex-employee“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Doesn’tlet you geta word in“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”

2024 Complainant BINGO - Call List

(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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  1. “MY TAXES”
  2. Lives suspiciously far from the place they are complaining about
  3. Gets mad and hangs up
  4. Issue only occurs outside of work hours
  5. Tells you gossip about their neighbor that is unrelated to the complaint
  6. Insinuates that we are in cahoots with the facility being complained about
  7. References talking to a TCEQ employee you’ve never heard of
  8. Unintelligible
  9. “My property value”
  10. “It’s making me sick” “It’s giving me cancer” ect.
  11. Thinks we’re the EPA
  12. Only returns you call after you’ve investigated
  13. “I’ve lived here # years”
  14. “I try to be a good neighbor”
  15. Has a weapon
  16. Tells you how old they are
  17. Threatens to call the media
  18. Talks about contacting politicians
  19. Brings up a lawsuit
  20. Requests tests we don’t do
  21. Not our region/ jurisdiction
  22. Complains about another investigator
  23. Issue has been going on for years and they are only just now calling about it
  24. Conspiracy theory
  25. Extreme exaggeration about the situation
  26. Yells at you
  27. Disgruntled ex-employee
  28. “They won’t know it was me who complained, right?”
  29. Doesn’t let you get a word in
  30. “I moved here from … and this never happened there”