Gotlooped intoo lateA meeting thatcould've beena Teamsmessage/emailSaid"Let'scircleback"Asked aquestion andgot threedifferentanswersHeard aterm andGoogled itquicklySaw abeautifulslide deck...no idea whatit meantYourrequest gotstuck in ablack holeSaid"That'snot in ourscope"A decisionchanged andno one toldthe teamRealized twoteam memberswere doing thesame thingTeamsmessagechaindescentsinto chaosMissed adeadlinebut didn'ttell anyoneTagged ina doc youdidn't knowexistedReceivedfeedbackway toolateA doc with7+ versionswith unclearchangesThought"Why arewe doingthis again?"Someonesaid "it's justa quick fix"(it wasn't)Heard "I'vealwaysdone it thisway"Had toschedule a"meeting toalign onmeetings"Assumedanotherteammember hadit coveredBecame theunofficialtranslatorbetweenteamsSomeone usedan acronymand you haveknow idea whatthey're talkingaboutYou justsmiled andnoddedduring jargonHad to re-explainteam'spriorities...againGotlooped intoo lateA meeting thatcould've beena Teamsmessage/emailSaid"Let'scircleback"Asked aquestion andgot threedifferentanswersHeard aterm andGoogled itquicklySaw abeautifulslide deck...no idea whatit meantYourrequest gotstuck in ablack holeSaid"That'snot in ourscope"A decisionchanged andno one toldthe teamRealized twoteam memberswere doing thesame thingTeamsmessagechaindescentsinto chaosMissed adeadlinebut didn'ttell anyoneTagged ina doc youdidn't knowexistedReceivedfeedbackway toolateA doc with7+ versionswith unclearchangesThought"Why arewe doingthis again?"Someonesaid "it's justa quick fix"(it wasn't)Heard "I'vealwaysdone it thisway"Had toschedule a"meeting toalign onmeetings"Assumedanotherteammember hadit coveredBecame theunofficialtranslatorbetweenteamsSomeone usedan acronymand you haveknow idea whatthey're talkingaboutYou justsmiled andnoddedduring jargonHad to re-explainteam'spriorities...again

Collaboration Confessions 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. Got looped in too late
  2. A meeting that could've been a Teams message/email
  3. Said "Let's circle back"
  4. Asked a question and got three different answers
  5. Heard a term and Googled it quickly
  6. Saw a beautiful slide deck... no idea what it meant
  7. Your request got stuck in a black hole
  8. Said "That's not in our scope"
  9. A decision changed and no one told the team
  10. Realized two team members were doing the same thing
  11. Teams message chain descents into chaos
  12. Missed a deadline but didn't tell anyone
  13. Tagged in a doc you didn't know existed
  14. Received feedback way too late
  15. A doc with 7+ versions with unclear changes
  16. Thought "Why are we doing this again?"
  17. Someone said "it's just a quick fix" (it wasn't)
  18. Heard "I've always done it this way"
  19. Had to schedule a "meeting to align on meetings"
  20. Assumed another team member had it covered
  21. Became the unofficial translator between teams
  22. Someone used an acronym and you have know idea what they're talking about
  23. You just smiled and nodded during jargon
  24. Had to re-explain team's priorities... again