Realized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationSent awrongemail tothe clientJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteGave thewrong link toapresentationDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelCookedduringDailystandupMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Hiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Forgot torenew acertificateor domainSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverPushedchangeswithoutbackupBrokeproductionon aFridaySent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Broke atable inthedatabaseShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeOverpromisedin a client callRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationSent awrongemail tothe clientJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteGave thewrong link toapresentationDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelCookedduringDailystandupMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Hiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Forgot torenew acertificateor domainSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverPushedchangeswithoutbackupBrokeproductionon aFridaySent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Broke atable inthedatabaseShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeOverpromisedin a client call

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