Forgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Wrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Hiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutForgot torenew acertificateor domainFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoBrokeproductionon aFridayGave thewrong link toapresentationGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Broke atable inthedatabaseSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Overpromisedin a client callSent awrongemail tothe clientDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryCookedduringDailystandupPushedchangeswithoutbackupForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Wrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Hiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutForgot torenew acertificateor domainFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoBrokeproductionon aFridayGave thewrong link toapresentationGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Broke atable inthedatabaseSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”Overpromisedin a client callSent awrongemail tothe clientDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionOversleptand missedthe dailystand-upPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverForgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryCookedduringDailystandupPushedchangeswithoutbackup

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