Grab your virtual Bingo card and see how many of these you can check off during your next meeting:

Row 1:

• Someone forgets to unmute themselves.
• A pet interrupts the call (think barking dog or curious cat).
• “Sorry, I was on mute” is uttered.
• Background baby noises.
• A person’s camera freezes mid-sentence.

Row 2:

• Someone joins late and apologizes profusely.
• A participant walks away mid-call without muting.
• Echo feedback causes chaos.
• Someone’s camera shows only the ceiling fan.
• A participant struggles with screen-sharing.

Row 3:

• A colleague sips coffee dramatically on camera
• The phrase “Can everyone see my screen?” is asked.
• “We’ll circle back to that” is promised but rarely happens.
• Kids loudly invade the meeting space.
• Someone says, “Let’s take this offline.

Row 4:

• Awkward silences follow a question.
• “Can you hear me now?” echoes repeatedly.
• Someone’s display name is hilariously incorrect.
• A vacuum cleaner makes an unexpected appearance.
• The phrase “You’re on mute” is heard more than twice.

Row 5:

• A participant asks a question that was answered 10 minutes earlier.
• A virtual background goes hilariously wrong.
• The phrase “Let’s do a quick temperature check” pops up.
• A misbehaving microphone leads to tech troubleshooting.
• Meeting ends with “Thanks everyone!” but no one leaves the call immediately.