You find yourselfreading this bingosheet too muchbecause focusingon work is painful.For me, basicallyfree spaceWork interrupted3 times whileheadphones areon forunimportantreasonsSomeoneasks youto do theirjobTreated likeI am thesole MSLdeveloperHave to explainthe same ticketmultiple timesor to multiplepeopleSomeonegives a 10minutestandupupdateToldsomethingnegativeabout MSLYou findyourself saying,"What is thepoint of thisemail chain?"Someoneelse's codebreaks mine,but I have tofix itFinish atask, thentherequirementschangeBackseatcoderKASMCrashes"Quickquestion" -turns into45 min taskDev needinghelp withrunning MSLbecause theydon't read theinstructionsIn apointlessmeeting 30min or longerKASMLosesimportantdata"Oh yea, Iunderstand"- You don'tunderstandat allSame ticketgets movedforward, thenbackward, thenforward in theswim lanesHave 3unansweredMattermostmessages atthe same time"Why can'tyou just - " toacomplicatedproblemJudgedunfairly forotherpeopleswork"In <inserttool> wedo it thisway..."Spend a totalof an hourduring the dayat otherpeoples desksTester failsticket becausethey don'tunderstandwhat is beingtestedYou find yourselfreading this bingosheet too muchbecause focusingon work is painful.For me, basicallyfree spaceWork interrupted3 times whileheadphones areon forunimportantreasonsSomeoneasks youto do theirjobTreated likeI am thesole MSLdeveloperHave to explainthe same ticketmultiple timesor to multiplepeopleSomeonegives a 10minutestandupupdateToldsomethingnegativeabout MSLYou findyourself saying,"What is thepoint of thisemail chain?"Someoneelse's codebreaks mine,but I have tofix itFinish atask, thentherequirementschangeBackseatcoderKASMCrashes"Quickquestion" -turns into45 min taskDev needinghelp withrunning MSLbecause theydon't read theinstructionsIn apointlessmeeting 30min or longerKASMLosesimportantdata"Oh yea, Iunderstand"- You don'tunderstandat allSame ticketgets movedforward, thenbackward, thenforward in theswim lanesHave 3unansweredMattermostmessages atthe same time"Why can'tyou just - " toacomplicatedproblemJudgedunfairly forotherpeopleswork"In <inserttool> wedo it thisway..."Spend a totalof an hourduring the dayat otherpeoples desksTester failsticket becausethey don'tunderstandwhat is beingtested

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