Deletedimportantdocument“by accident”CookedduringDailystandupDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoPushedchangeswithoutbackupDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverOverpromisedin a client callForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Found out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Shared aconfidentialfile bymistakeRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutGave thewrong link toapresentationSent awrongemail tothe clientWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionBroke atable inthedatabaseForgot torenew acertificateor domainGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Broke thebuildminutesbefore demoOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteBrokeproductionon aFridaySent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”CookedduringDailystandupDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoPushedchangeswithoutbackupDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverOverpromisedin a client callForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Found out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Shared aconfidentialfile bymistakeRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutGave thewrong link toapresentationSent awrongemail tothe clientWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionBroke atable inthedatabaseForgot torenew acertificateor domainGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Broke thebuildminutesbefore demoOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteBrokeproductionon aFridaySent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannel

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