Deleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Said “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationBrokeproductionon aFridayGave thewrong link toapresentationRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayBroke atable inthedatabaseSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutForgot torenew acertificateor domainForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionPushedchangeswithoutbackupMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upSent awrongemail tothe clientJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteOverpromisedin a client callBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Wrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.CookedduringDailystandupDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Said “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationBrokeproductionon aFridayGave thewrong link toapresentationRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayBroke atable inthedatabaseSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutForgot torenew acertificateor domainForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionPushedchangeswithoutbackupMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upSent awrongemail tothe clientJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteOverpromisedin a client callBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Wrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.CookedduringDailystandup

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