“I’ve livedhere #years”Extremeexaggerationabout thesituationConspiracytheoryIssue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout itComplainsaboutanotherinvestigatorReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard ofGetsmad andhangs upDoesn’tlet you geta word inThinkswe’rethe EPAYellsat youNot ourregion/jurisdictionRequeststests wedon’t do“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Issue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hours“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Insinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedaboutUnintelligibleLivessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingaboutTalksaboutcontactingpoliticiansOnly returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigatedTells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaintBringsup alawsuitHas aweapon“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Threatensto call themedia“Mypropertyvalue”“MYTAXES”Tells youhow oldthey are“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”Disgruntledex-employee“I’ve livedhere #years”Extremeexaggerationabout thesituationConspiracytheoryIssue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout itComplainsaboutanotherinvestigatorReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard ofGetsmad andhangs upDoesn’tlet you geta word inThinkswe’rethe EPAYellsat youNot ourregion/jurisdictionRequeststests wedon’t do“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Issue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hours“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Insinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedaboutUnintelligibleLivessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingaboutTalksaboutcontactingpoliticiansOnly returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigatedTells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaintBringsup alawsuitHas aweapon“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Threatensto call themedia“Mypropertyvalue”“MYTAXES”Tells youhow oldthey are“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”Disgruntledex-employee

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