Said “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayOverpromisedin a client callRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Oversleptand missedthe dailystand-upSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutForgot torenew acertificateor domainForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoPushedchangeswithoutbackupDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Gave thewrong link toapresentationWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailBrokeproductionon aFridaySent awrongemail tothe clientGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeBroke atable inthedatabaseMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”CookedduringDailystandupSaid “It willtake 5minutes” —and it took aweekPromised“small scopechange” for free— andregretted itforeverFound out mid-project thattwo key peoplewere both onvacationHiredsomeonewho quit ontheir first dayOverpromisedin a client callRealized afterthe demo thatthe featurewasn’tdeployedForgot toinformfinance abouta contractextensionForgot to testthe app in non-Englishlanguages —and broke thelayout.Oversleptand missedthe dailystand-upSent amessage tothe wrongSlackchannelSent anescalationemail… to theperson youwere escalatingaboutForgot torenew acertificateor domainForgot to recordthe meeting —and realized itonly whensomeone askedfor the summaryJoined acall on muteand talkedfor a minuteBroke thebuildminutesbefore demoPushedchangeswithoutbackupDeletedimportantdocument“by accident”Gave thewrong link toapresentationWrote“pubic”instead of“public” in anemailBrokeproductionon aFridaySent awrongemail tothe clientGave anunrealisticdeadline justto “keep theclient happy”Forgot toinvitesomeoneimportant toa meetingDiscoveredthat testdata went toproductionShared aconfidentialfile bymistakeBroke atable inthedatabaseMissed ameetingbecause of atimezonemix-upDidn’tunderstand therequirementbut pretendedtoDeleteddatabasetable “byaccident”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. Said “It will take 5 minutes” — and it took a week
  2. Promised “small scope change” for free — and regretted it forever
  3. Found out mid-project that two key people were both on vacation
  4. Hired someone who quit on their first day
  5. Overpromised in a client call
  6. Realized after the demo that the feature wasn’t deployed
  7. Forgot to inform finance about a contract extension
  8. Forgot to test the app in non-English languages — and broke the layout.
  9. Overslept and missed the daily stand-up
  10. Sent a message to the wrong Slack channel
  11. Sent an escalation email… to the person you were escalating about
  12. Forgot to renew a certificate or domain
  13. Forgot to record the meeting — and realized it only when someone asked for the summary
  14. Joined a call on mute and talked for a minute
  15. Broke the build minutes before demo
  16. Pushed changes without backup
  17. Deleted important document “by accident”
  18. Gave the wrong link to a presentation
  19. Wrote “pubic” instead of “public” in an email
  20. Broke production on a Friday
  21. Sent a wrong email to the client
  22. Gave an unrealistic deadline just to “keep the client happy”
  23. Forgot to invite someone important to a meeting
  24. Discovered that test data went to production
  25. Shared a confidential file by mistake
  26. Broke a table in the database
  27. Missed a meeting because of a timezone mix-up
  28. Didn’t understand the requirement but pretended to
  29. Deleted database table “by accident”
  30. Cooked during Daily standup