Realized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionBroke atable inthedatabaseOverpromisedin a client callForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Sent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationPushedchangeswithoutbackupDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Hiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first daySent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverGave thewrong link toapresentationSent awrongemail tothe clientBrokeproductionon aFridayForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Said “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot torenew acertificateor domainBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoCookedduringDailystandupShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionBroke atable inthedatabaseOverpromisedin a client callForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Sent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationPushedchangeswithoutbackupDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Hiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first daySent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverGave thewrong link toapresentationSent awrongemail tothe clientBrokeproductionon aFridayForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Said “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot torenew acertificateor domainBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoCookedduringDailystandupShared aconfidentialfile bymistake

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