The result: a game that finally makes conference calls interesting. Gilliam’s bingo card is a mix of office jargon and the uncomfortable moments that happen when humans interface with basic technology. “Just think, tomorrow morning, millions of people will hear someone say, ‘Sorry, I was on mute’ and burst out laughing,” Gilliam wrote on Facebook. Gilliam created a bingo card of the most nauseating things commonly heard during conference calls. One brilliant person who goes by the Facebook moniker E Gilliam finally had enough of boring conference calls and decided to make a game of it. But I’ll certainly remember the sounds – and those words…- Tara McKelvey July 18, 2017\n\n
I may never know what was really said during that call or if I heard things wrong. Playing cards is not only limited to in-person office meetings. Shortly after that a senior administration official said he thought it was time to end the phone call on Iran policy: “Just pull the cord.”- Tara McKelvey July 18, 2017\n\n You will mark the most appropriate fields in the Bingo cards as the game progresses. But tonight’s White House conference call on Iran policy was unique…- Tara McKelvey July 18, 2017\n\nĭuring the briefing call on Iran, you could hear an ad in the background: a man seemed to be saying “inflatable dolls” and “a lesbian.”- Tara McKelvey July 18, 2017\n\n Conference calls are often tricky – with strange background noise.
