Missed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Deletedimportantdocument“by accident”Realized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Broke atable inthedatabaseOverpromisedin a client callFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationBrokeproductionon aFridayOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoPushedchangeswithoutbackupGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoGave thewrong link toapresentationShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeCookedduringDailystandupDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteSent awrongemail tothe clientHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayForgot torenew acertificateor domainForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Deletedimportantdocument“by accident”Realized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Broke atable inthedatabaseOverpromisedin a client callFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationBrokeproductionon aFridayOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoPushedchangeswithoutbackupGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoGave thewrong link toapresentationShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeCookedduringDailystandupDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteSent awrongemail tothe clientHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayForgot torenew acertificateor domainForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextension

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