“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Not ourregion/jurisdictionThreatensto call themediaOnly returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigatedIssue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout itLivessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingabout“I’ve livedhere #years”Issue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hours“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Extremeexaggerationabout thesituationDoesn’tlet you geta word inDisgruntledex-employee“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Getsmad andhangs upRequeststests wedon’t do“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”Tells youhow oldthey areReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard ofHas aweaponThinkswe’rethe EPAInsinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedaboutConspiracytheory“MYTAXES”Tells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaintComplainsaboutanotherinvestigator“Mypropertyvalue”UnintelligibleYellsat youBringsup alawsuitTalksaboutcontactingpoliticians“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Not ourregion/jurisdictionThreatensto call themediaOnly returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigatedIssue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout itLivessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingabout“I’ve livedhere #years”Issue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hours“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Extremeexaggerationabout thesituationDoesn’tlet you geta word inDisgruntledex-employee“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Getsmad andhangs upRequeststests wedon’t do“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”Tells youhow oldthey areReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard ofHas aweaponThinkswe’rethe EPAInsinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedaboutConspiracytheory“MYTAXES”Tells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaintComplainsaboutanotherinvestigator“Mypropertyvalue”UnintelligibleYellsat youBringsup alawsuitTalksaboutcontactingpoliticians

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