“MYTAXES”Issue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout it“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Complainsaboutanotherinvestigator“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Only returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigatedBringsup alawsuitHas aweapon“Mypropertyvalue”Insinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedaboutIssue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hoursThreatensto call themediaGetsmad andhangs upTells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaint“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Livessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingaboutUnintelligibleExtremeexaggerationabout thesituationYellsat youReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard of“I’ve livedhere #years”Requeststests wedon’t doTells youhow oldthey areDisgruntledex-employeeConspiracytheoryDoesn’tlet you geta word inThinkswe’rethe EPATalksaboutcontactingpoliticians“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”Not ourregion/jurisdiction“MYTAXES”Issue has beengoing on foryears and theyare only justnow callingabout it“They won’tknow it wasme whocomplained,right?”Complainsaboutanotherinvestigator“It’s makingme sick” “It’sgiving mecancer” ect.Only returnsyou callafter you’veinvestigatedBringsup alawsuitHas aweapon“Mypropertyvalue”Insinuates thatwe are incahoots with thefacility beingcomplainedaboutIssue onlyoccursoutside ofwork hoursThreatensto call themediaGetsmad andhangs upTells you gossipabout theirneighbor that isunrelated to thecomplaint“I try tobe a goodneighbor”Livessuspiciously farfrom the placethey arecomplainingaboutUnintelligibleExtremeexaggerationabout thesituationYellsat youReferencestalking to aTCEQemployeeyou’ve neverheard of“I’ve livedhere #years”Requeststests wedon’t doTells youhow oldthey areDisgruntledex-employeeConspiracytheoryDoesn’tlet you geta word inThinkswe’rethe EPATalksaboutcontactingpoliticians“I moved herefrom … andthis neverhappenedthere”Not ourregion/jurisdiction

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