You find yourselfreading this bingosheet too muchbecause focusingon work is painful.For me, basicallyfree spaceIn apointlessmeeting 30min or longerTreated likeI am thesole MSLdeveloperJudgedunfairly forotherpeoplesworkWork interrupted3 times whileheadphones areon forunimportantreasonsSomeonegives a 10minutestandupupdateKASMCrashesHave to explainthe same ticketmultiple timesor to multiplepeopleSame ticketgets movedforward, thenbackward, thenforward in theswim lanesSomeoneasks youto do theirjobTester failsticket becausethey don'tunderstandwhat is beingtestedHave 3unansweredMattermostmessages atthe same timeFinish atask, thentherequirementschange"Quickquestion" -turns into45 min taskSomeoneelse's codebreaks mine,but I have tofix itBackseatcoderYou findyourself saying,"What is thepoint of thisemail chain?"Spend a totalof an hourduring the dayat otherpeoples desksKASMLosesimportantdataToldsomethingnegativeabout MSL"Why can'tyou just - " toacomplicatedproblemDev needinghelp withrunning MSLbecause theydon't read theinstructions"Oh yea, Iunderstand"- You don'tunderstandat all"In <inserttool> wedo it thisway..."You find yourselfreading this bingosheet too muchbecause focusingon work is painful.For me, basicallyfree spaceIn apointlessmeeting 30min or longerTreated likeI am thesole MSLdeveloperJudgedunfairly forotherpeoplesworkWork interrupted3 times whileheadphones areon forunimportantreasonsSomeonegives a 10minutestandupupdateKASMCrashesHave to explainthe same ticketmultiple timesor to multiplepeopleSame ticketgets movedforward, thenbackward, thenforward in theswim lanesSomeoneasks youto do theirjobTester failsticket becausethey don'tunderstandwhat is beingtestedHave 3unansweredMattermostmessages atthe same timeFinish atask, thentherequirementschange"Quickquestion" -turns into45 min taskSomeoneelse's codebreaks mine,but I have tofix itBackseatcoderYou findyourself saying,"What is thepoint of thisemail chain?"Spend a totalof an hourduring the dayat otherpeoples desksKASMLosesimportantdataToldsomethingnegativeabout MSL"Why can'tyou just - " toacomplicatedproblemDev needinghelp withrunning MSLbecause theydon't read theinstructions"Oh yea, Iunderstand"- You don'tunderstandat all"In <inserttool> wedo it thisway..."

Work 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. You find yourself reading this bingo sheet too much because focusing on work is painful. For me, basically free space
  2. In a pointless meeting 30 min or longer
  3. Treated like I am the sole MSL developer
  4. Judged unfairly for other peoples work
  5. Work interrupted 3 times while headphones are on for unimportant reasons
  6. Someone gives a 10 minute standup update
  7. KASM Crashes
  8. Have to explain the same ticket multiple times or to multiple people
  9. Same ticket gets moved forward, then backward, then forward in the swim lanes
  10. Someone asks you to do their job
  11. Tester fails ticket because they don't understand what is being tested
  12. Have 3 unanswered Mattermost messages at the same time
  13. Finish a task, then the requirements change
  14. "Quick question" - turns into 45 min task
  15. Someone else's code breaks mine, but I have to fix it
  16. Back seat coder
  17. You find yourself saying, "What is the point of this email chain?"
  18. Spend a total of an hour during the day at other peoples desks
  19. KASM Loses important data
  20. Told something negative about MSL
  21. "Why can't you just - " to a complicated problem
  22. Dev needing help with running MSL because they don't read the instructions
  23. "Oh yea, I understand" - You don't understand at all
  24. "In <insert tool> we do it this way..."