Deletedimportantdocument“by accident”Promised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upCookedduringDailystandupBrokeproductionon aFridayForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingPushedchangeswithoutbackupHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayForgot torenew acertificateor domainGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Broke thebuildminutesbefore demoForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upGave thewrong link toapresentationSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelOverpromisedin a client callForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summarySent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Wrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Discoveredthat testdata went toproductionDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoBroke atable inthedatabaseSent awrongemail tothe clientDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Promised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upCookedduringDailystandupBrokeproductionon aFridayForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingPushedchangeswithoutbackupHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayForgot torenew acertificateor domainGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Broke thebuildminutesbefore demoForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upGave thewrong link toapresentationSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelOverpromisedin a client callForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summarySent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Wrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Discoveredthat testdata went toproductionDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoBroke atable inthedatabaseSent awrongemail tothe client

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