Realized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverCookedduringDailystandupWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Forgot torenew acertificateor domainPushedchangeswithoutbackupBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoSent awrongemail tothe clientShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeOverpromisedin a client callMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Didn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Sent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryBrokeproductionon aFridayOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingGave thewrong link toapresentationBroke atable inthedatabaseSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Hiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverCookedduringDailystandupWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Forgot torenew acertificateor domainPushedchangeswithoutbackupBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoSent awrongemail tothe clientShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeOverpromisedin a client callMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Didn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Sent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryBrokeproductionon aFridayOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingGave thewrong link toapresentationBroke atable inthedatabaseSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Hiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first day

Find colleagues who actually experienced these situations and write their names in the boxes. The first one to get a full line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) shout “I CONFESS!” - 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. Realized after the demo that the feature wasn’t deployed
  2. Discovered that test data went to production
  3. Promised “small scope change” for free — and regretted it forever
  4. Cooked during Daily standup
  5. Wrote “pubic” instead of “public” in an email
  6. Forgot to test the app in non-English languages — and broke the layout.
  7. Forgot to renew a certificate or domain
  8. Pushed changes without backup
  9. Broke the build minutes before demo
  10. Sent a wrong email to the client
  11. Shared a confidential file by mistake
  12. Overpromised in a client call
  13. Missed a meeting because of a timezone mix-up
  14. Forgot to inform finance about a contract extension
  15. Said “It will take 5 minutes” — and it took a week
  16. Found out mid-project that two key people were both on vacation
  17. Deleted important document “by accident”
  18. Didn’t understand the requirement but pretended to
  19. Joined a call on mute and talked for a minute
  20. Gave an unrealistic deadline just to “keep the client happy”
  21. Sent an escalation email… to the person you were escalating about
  22. Forgot to record the meeting — and realized it only when someone asked for the summary
  23. Broke production on a Friday
  24. Overslept and missed the daily stand-up
  25. Forgot to invite someone important to a meeting
  26. Gave the wrong link to a presentation
  27. Broke a table in the database
  28. Sent a message to the wrong Slack channel
  29. Deleted database table “by accident”
  30. Hired someone who quit on their first day