"I'm surethey didn'tmean...""You needto bemorepatient""It won'thappenagain"Free!"I'venever hadan issuewith them"[Workplaceignoresissue]"You'retoosensitive""They'revery goodat whatthey do""They toldme thatyou...""You needto bemore...""It's nottheirfault""Its beenhard onthem""Haveyou justtried...""They'venever beena problembefore""They'resorry theyupsetyou""I'mdisappointedin you""HaveYOUtried...""Theydidn'tmean it""It's yourresponsibilityto...""That'snot whattheymeant""Youshouldhave toldme earlier""Theyfeelstressed""They'regoingthroughsome things""You need tobe moreunderstanding""They'refinding ithard to workwith you""Theydidn'tknow""You'retaking itthe wrongway""They'refinding itreallyhard""They'refine withme""They'rea goodperson""Thatdoesn'tsound likethem""You'rebullyingthem"[Refersyou to apolicy]"Thisisn't anissue""I'm sorryyou feellike that""Areyousure?""I'm surethey didn'tmean...""You needto bemorepatient""It won'thappenagain"Free!"I'venever hadan issuewith them"[Workplaceignoresissue]"You'retoosensitive""They'revery goodat whatthey do""They toldme thatyou...""You needto bemore...""It's nottheirfault""Its beenhard onthem""Haveyou justtried...""They'venever beena problembefore""They'resorry theyupsetyou""I'mdisappointedin you""HaveYOUtried...""Theydidn'tmean it""It's yourresponsibilityto...""That'snot whattheymeant""Youshouldhave toldme earlier""Theyfeelstressed""They'regoingthroughsome things""You need tobe moreunderstanding""They'refinding ithard to workwith you""Theydidn'tknow""You'retaking itthe wrongway""They'refinding itreallyhard""They'refine withme""They'rea goodperson""Thatdoesn'tsound likethem""You'rebullyingthem"[Refersyou to apolicy]"Thisisn't anissue""I'm sorryyou feellike that""Areyousure?"

Excusing bad behavior at work - 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. "I'm sure they didn't mean..."
  2. "You need to be more patient"
  3. "It won't happen again"
  4. Free!
  5. "I've never had an issue with them"
  6. [Workplace ignores issue]
  7. "You're too sensitive"
  8. "They're very good at what they do"
  9. "They told me that you..."
  10. "You need to be more..."
  11. "It's not their fault"
  12. "Its been hard on them"
  13. "Have you just tried..."
  14. "They've never been a problem before"
  15. "They're sorry they upset you"
  16. "I'm disappointed in you"
  17. "Have YOU tried..."
  18. "They didn't mean it"
  19. "It's your responsibility to..."
  20. "That's not what they meant"
  21. "You should have told me earlier"
  22. "They feel stressed"
  23. "They're going through some things"
  24. "You need to be more understanding"
  25. "They're finding it hard to work with you"
  26. "They didn't know"
  27. "You're taking it the wrong way"
  28. "They're finding it really hard"
  29. "They're fine with me"
  30. "They're a good person"
  31. "That doesn't sound like them"
  32. "You're bullying them"
  33. [Refers you to a policy]
  34. "This isn't an issue"
  35. "I'm sorry you feel like that"
  36. "Are you sure?"