PushedchangeswithoutbackupSent awrongemail tothe clientRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Forgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”CookedduringDailystandupForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Promised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverBroke atable inthedatabaseForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionForgot torenew acertificateor domainGave thewrong link toapresentationFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayOverpromisedin a client callMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upBrokeproductionon aFridayGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”PushedchangeswithoutbackupSent awrongemail tothe clientRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Forgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”CookedduringDailystandupForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Promised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverBroke atable inthedatabaseForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionForgot torenew acertificateor domainGave thewrong link toapresentationFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayOverpromisedin a client callMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upBrokeproductionon aFridayGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”

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