Issue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hoursDoesn’tlet you geta word in“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Tells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaintThreatensto call themedia“I’ve livedhere #years”Not ourregion/jurisdiction“MYTAXES”ConspiracytheoryExtremeexaggerationabout thesituationHas aweapon“Mypropertyvalue”“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Getsmad andhangs upTells youhow oldthey areBringsup alawsuitRequeststests wedon’t doThinkswe’rethe EPAOnly returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigatedInsinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedabout“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Yellsat youTalksaboutcontactingpoliticians“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”Issue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout itUnintelligibleLivessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingaboutDisgruntledex-employeeReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard ofComplainsaboutanotherinvestigatorIssue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hoursDoesn’tlet you geta word in“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Tells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaintThreatensto call themedia“I’ve livedhere #years”Not ourregion/jurisdiction“MYTAXES”ConspiracytheoryExtremeexaggerationabout thesituationHas aweapon“Mypropertyvalue”“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Getsmad andhangs upTells youhow oldthey areBringsup alawsuitRequeststests wedon’t doThinkswe’rethe EPAOnly returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigatedInsinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedabout“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Yellsat youTalksaboutcontactingpoliticians“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”Issue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout itUnintelligibleLivessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingaboutDisgruntledex-employeeReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard ofComplainsaboutanotherinvestigator

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