Sent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upOverpromisedin a client callSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Missed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Shared aconfidentialfile bymistakeForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoCookedduringDailystandupBrokeproductionon aFridayFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationGave thewrong link toapresentationDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Joined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteForgot torenew acertificateor domainDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionPushedchangeswithoutbackupSent awrongemail tothe clientBroke atable inthedatabaseSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upOverpromisedin a client callSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Missed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Shared aconfidentialfile bymistakeForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoCookedduringDailystandupBrokeproductionon aFridayFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationGave thewrong link toapresentationDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Joined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteForgot torenew acertificateor domainDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionPushedchangeswithoutbackupSent awrongemail tothe clientBroke atable inthedatabase

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