Scope creepdisguised asa “smalltweak.”The clientapproves thedesign… thenwants majorchanges post-development.“Can we justincrease thebudget to fixit?”“Have youtried turningit off and onagain?”“Can we justmove thisbutton 2pixels to theleft?”A teammate’smic doesn’twork for thefirst fiveminutes of aZoom call.“Why is mywebsitebroken?”(clears cache—it’s fine)“Can youSEO myPDFs?”“It justdoesn’t feelright. I can’texplain why.”A printerbreaks fornoreason.“I’mswamped,but I cansqueeze thisin.”“I Googled usand we weren’t#1.” (incognitomode notused)Someoneshares a longvoice memoinstead oftyping.“Can youmake itpop?”Client clicksan obviousphishingemail.The client’slanding pagehas zero textbut wants torank foreverything.Client insiststheir brandnew site hasa Googlepenalty.“Let’s put thison the backburner.” (it’snevermentionedagain)“I love it! Butcan wechangeeverything?”“I don’tlike it, but Idon’t knowwhy.”“Let’s circleback to this.”(it’s nevermentionedagain)Clientpauses adsand askswhy leadsstopped.“Can yourecover a fileI deletedthree monthsago?”“Let’s hopon a quickcall.” (it’snever quick)“Can’t wejust useWix?”The meetingcould havebeen anemail.“I wantsomethingminimalist…but alsoflashy.”“Can we addmorewhitespacebut also morecontent?”“We need anew logo,but keep theold one.”Someonepastes anobvious phishingemail into Slackasking, “Is thisreal?”“Can weintegrate thisrandomsoftware Ifound?”You push a fixlive, andsuddenlysomethingunrelatedbreaks.“It workson mymachine.”“Can youjustPhotoshopit?”You send aperfectlyworded emailand get a one-word reply.A bugdisappearswhen you tryto show it tosomeone.Client emailsa JPEG of alogo andasks for it asa vector.“Can we makethe site load inhalf a second?”(on sharedhosting)“I changedsomething inthe backend,and now thewhole site isdown.”“Why isn’tmy siteranking yet?It’s been twodays.”“I’ll followup onthat.” (theydon’t)“Can youtake a look?”(no detailsgiven)“I heardSEO isdead.”(again)“Let’smake thelogobigger.”“Can wemake itpop?”(again)Someoneforgets theirpasswordagain.ClickUpnotificationexplosion.“This willonly takefive minutes,right?”“Let’s bid oncompetitornames!”(ignoreslegal risks)“Can we havefive differentversions tochoose from?”Someonescreensharesthe wrong tabin a meeting.“Why is myemailbroken?”(mailbox isfull)Client uses ascreenshot ofa Word doc astheir “brandguidelines.”You get taggedin 5+ ClickUpcomments inunder aminute.Client installs12 pluginsand asks whytheir site isslow.Metadescription= ad copy intheir mind.“Can werank for‘shoes’?” (fora small localbusiness)A Slackmessagestarts with“Hey, quickquestion…”“Can wespend $100and get10,000leads?”Client sends 20vaguescreenshotswith “This isbroken” and nocontext.“Can wecopy[competitor’ssite]?”“Can we adda chatfeature?” (toa basiclanding page)Client still usesInternetExplorer andwonders whythings don’twork.“Why isn’t mysite appearingon Google?”(it’s still set tonoindex)“Can youdropeverythingand do thisASAP?”“Mypasswordisn’t working!”(Caps Lockwas on)Someoneforgetsthey’re not onmute during ameeting.“I know thedeadline istoday, but canwe change theentiredirection?”A form doesn’twork, but it’sbecause theclient typedtheir emailwrong.The teamagrees on aprocess, andsomeoneimmediatelyignores it.“We don’twant to payfor ads, butwe want to beat the top.”A WordPressupdatebreakseverything.“Can we movethe deadlineup?” (withoutchangingresources)“Mycomputer isslow.” (has75 tabsopen)Someonespills coffeeon theirkeyboard…again.“Why do weneed a blog?No onereads them.”The classic“per mylast email”moment.“Justchecking inon this!” (forthe third timetoday)Client’s entiresystem relieson a singleoutdatedplugin.“The CEO’sspousedoesn’t likeit.”“The internetis down!”(but theirWiFi switchis off)“Googleis out toget us.”A project is“low priority”untilsuddenly it’surgent.“It needsto be edgybut alsotimeless.”Scope creepdisguised asa “smalltweak.”The clientapproves thedesign… thenwants majorchanges post-development.“Can we justincrease thebudget to fixit?”“Have youtried turningit off and onagain?”“Can we justmove thisbutton 2pixels to theleft?”A teammate’smic doesn’twork for thefirst fiveminutes of aZoom call.“Why is mywebsitebroken?”(clears cache—it’s fine)“Can youSEO myPDFs?”“It justdoesn’t feelright. I can’texplain why.”A printerbreaks fornoreason.“I’mswamped,but I cansqueeze thisin.”“I Googled usand we weren’t#1.” (incognitomode notused)Someoneshares a longvoice memoinstead oftyping.“Can youmake itpop?”Client clicksan obviousphishingemail.The client’slanding pagehas zero textbut wants torank foreverything.Client insiststheir brandnew site hasa Googlepenalty.“Let’s put thison the backburner.” (it’snevermentionedagain)“I love it! Butcan wechangeeverything?”“I don’tlike it, but Idon’t knowwhy.”“Let’s circleback to this.”(it’s nevermentionedagain)Clientpauses adsand askswhy leadsstopped.“Can yourecover a fileI deletedthree monthsago?”“Let’s hopon a quickcall.” (it’snever quick)“Can’t wejust useWix?”The meetingcould havebeen anemail.“I wantsomethingminimalist…but alsoflashy.”“Can we addmorewhitespacebut also morecontent?”“We need anew logo,but keep theold one.”Someonepastes anobvious phishingemail into Slackasking, “Is thisreal?”“Can weintegrate thisrandomsoftware Ifound?”You push a fixlive, andsuddenlysomethingunrelatedbreaks.“It workson mymachine.”“Can youjustPhotoshopit?”You send aperfectlyworded emailand get a one-word reply.A bugdisappearswhen you tryto show it tosomeone.Client emailsa JPEG of alogo andasks for it asa vector.“Can we makethe site load inhalf a second?”(on sharedhosting)“I changedsomething inthe backend,and now thewhole site isdown.”“Why isn’tmy siteranking yet?It’s been twodays.”“I’ll followup onthat.” (theydon’t)“Can youtake a look?”(no detailsgiven)“I heardSEO isdead.”(again)“Let’smake thelogobigger.”“Can wemake itpop?”(again)Someoneforgets theirpasswordagain.ClickUpnotificationexplosion.“This willonly takefive minutes,right?”“Let’s bid oncompetitornames!”(ignoreslegal risks)“Can we havefive differentversions tochoose from?”Someonescreensharesthe wrong tabin a meeting.“Why is myemailbroken?”(mailbox isfull)Client uses ascreenshot ofa Word doc astheir “brandguidelines.”You get taggedin 5+ ClickUpcomments inunder aminute.Client installs12 pluginsand asks whytheir site isslow.Metadescription= ad copy intheir mind.“Can werank for‘shoes’?” (fora small localbusiness)A Slackmessagestarts with“Hey, quickquestion…”“Can wespend $100and get10,000leads?”Client sends 20vaguescreenshotswith “This isbroken” and nocontext.“Can wecopy[competitor’ssite]?”“Can we adda chatfeature?” (toa basiclanding page)Client still usesInternetExplorer andwonders whythings don’twork.“Why isn’t mysite appearingon Google?”(it’s still set tonoindex)“Can youdropeverythingand do thisASAP?”“Mypasswordisn’t working!”(Caps Lockwas on)Someoneforgetsthey’re not onmute during ameeting.“I know thedeadline istoday, but canwe change theentiredirection?”A form doesn’twork, but it’sbecause theclient typedtheir emailwrong.The teamagrees on aprocess, andsomeoneimmediatelyignores it.“We don’twant to payfor ads, butwe want to beat the top.”A WordPressupdatebreakseverything.“Can we movethe deadlineup?” (withoutchangingresources)“Mycomputer isslow.” (has75 tabsopen)Someonespills coffeeon theirkeyboard…again.“Why do weneed a blog?No onereads them.”The classic“per mylast email”moment.“Justchecking inon this!” (forthe third timetoday)Client’s entiresystem relieson a singleoutdatedplugin.“The CEO’sspousedoesn’t likeit.”“The internetis down!”(but theirWiFi switchis off)“Googleis out toget us.”A project is“low priority”untilsuddenly it’surgent.“It needsto be edgybut alsotimeless.”

Agency Life 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. Scope creep disguised as a “small tweak.”
  2. The client approves the design… then wants major changes post-development.
  3. “Can we just increase the budget to fix it?”
  4. “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
  5. “Can we just move this button 2 pixels to the left?”
  6. A teammate’s mic doesn’t work for the first five minutes of a Zoom call.
  7. “Why is my website broken?” (clears cache—it’s fine)
  8. “Can you SEO my PDFs?”
  9. “It just doesn’t feel right. I can’t explain why.”
  10. A printer breaks for no reason.
  11. “I’m swamped, but I can squeeze this in.”
  12. “I Googled us and we weren’t #1.” (incognito mode not used)
  13. Someone shares a long voice memo instead of typing.
  14. “Can you make it pop?”
  15. Client clicks an obvious phishing email.
  16. The client’s landing page has zero text but wants to rank for everything.
  17. Client insists their brand new site has a Google penalty.
  18. “Let’s put this on the back burner.” (it’s never mentioned again)
  19. “I love it! But can we change everything?”
  20. “I don’t like it, but I don’t know why.”
  21. “Let’s circle back to this.” (it’s never mentioned again)
  22. Client pauses ads and asks why leads stopped.
  23. “Can you recover a file I deleted three months ago?”
  24. “Let’s hop on a quick call.” (it’s never quick)
  25. “Can’t we just use Wix?”
  26. The meeting could have been an email.
  27. “I want something minimalist… but also flashy.”
  28. “Can we add more whitespace but also more content?”
  29. “We need a new logo, but keep the old one.”
  30. Someone pastes an obvious phishing email into Slack asking, “Is this real?”
  31. “Can we integrate this random software I found?”
  32. You push a fix live, and suddenly something unrelated breaks.
  33. “It works on my machine.”
  34. “Can you just Photoshop it?”
  35. You send a perfectly worded email and get a one-word reply.
  36. A bug disappears when you try to show it to someone.
  37. Client emails a JPEG of a logo and asks for it as a vector.
  38. “Can we make the site load in half a second?” (on shared hosting)
  39. “I changed something in the backend, and now the whole site is down.”
  40. “Why isn’t my site ranking yet? It’s been two days.”
  41. “I’ll follow up on that.” (they don’t)
  42. “Can you take a look?” (no details given)
  43. “I heard SEO is dead.” (again)
  44. “Let’s make the logo bigger.”
  45. “Can we make it pop?” (again)
  46. Someone forgets their password again.
  47. ClickUp notification explosion.
  48. “This will only take five minutes, right?”
  49. “Let’s bid on competitor names!” (ignores legal risks)
  50. “Can we have five different versions to choose from?”
  51. Someone screenshares the wrong tab in a meeting.
  52. “Why is my email broken?” (mailbox is full)
  53. Client uses a screenshot of a Word doc as their “brand guidelines.”
  54. You get tagged in 5+ ClickUp comments in under a minute.
  55. Client installs 12 plugins and asks why their site is slow.
  56. Meta description = ad copy in their mind.
  57. “Can we rank for ‘shoes’?” (for a small local business)
  58. A Slack message starts with “Hey, quick question…”
  59. “Can we spend $100 and get 10,000 leads?”
  60. Client sends 20 vague screenshots with “This is broken” and no context.
  61. “Can we copy [competitor’s site]?”
  62. “Can we add a chat feature?” (to a basic landing page)
  63. Client still uses Internet Explorer and wonders why things don’t work.
  64. “Why isn’t my site appearing on Google?” (it’s still set to noindex)
  65. “Can you drop everything and do this ASAP?”
  66. “My password isn’t working!” (Caps Lock was on)
  67. Someone forgets they’re not on mute during a meeting.
  68. “I know the deadline is today, but can we change the entire direction?”
  69. A form doesn’t work, but it’s because the client typed their email wrong.
  70. The team agrees on a process, and someone immediately ignores it.
  71. “We don’t want to pay for ads, but we want to be at the top.”
  72. A WordPress update breaks everything.
  73. “Can we move the deadline up?” (without changing resources)
  74. “My computer is slow.” (has 75 tabs open)
  75. Someone spills coffee on their keyboard… again.
  76. “Why do we need a blog? No one reads them.”
  77. The classic “per my last email” moment.
  78. “Just checking in on this!” (for the third time today)
  79. Client’s entire system relies on a single outdated plugin.
  80. “The CEO’s spouse doesn’t like it.”
  81. “The internet is down!” (but their WiFi switch is off)
  82. “Google is out to get us.”
  83. A project is “low priority” until suddenly it’s urgent.
  84. “It needs to be edgy but also timeless.”