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By Carrie Basas and Erin Okuno

Are we there yet? Doesn’t it feel like this is the never-ending part of the COVID19 pandemic? To help get you through the Zoom video calls, working remotely, and just general blahs we’ve made you a BINGO board. COVID19 sucks, we take it seriously. This BINGO board isn’t intended to make light of the seriousness of COVID19. We also want to help point out ways fakequity is trickling or gushing in during the Stay Home Stay Safe mandates. If you have questions about any of the squares check in with a trusted colleague or friend (call, text, video conference — don’t show up at their house) to ask about it.

BINGO Squares in a list format:

• Assumes everyone has high-speed internet access and computer at home
• Admonishes or gives the side-eye to someone when their kid photobombs a video call
• Assumes everyone has a dedicated home workspace or office. Also assumes people have constant access to computers (vs sharing in a house)
• Begins the meetings with the usual, “How are you?” without any acknowledgment about what’s happening in the world
• Shows PowerPoints slides during video calls but doesn’t narrate or use the screen sharing function
• Insists that everyone be available by video all of the time now (Big Brother), especially lowest paid staff
• Boasts about how their staff can work remotely now, but didn’t offer these accommodations before COVID19
• Doesn’t check in about the feasibility or relevance of meetings set before the crisis, business as usual
  Work warrior brags about getting bored at home and going to the office even though they were asked to telecommute
• Publishes resources and alerts only in English
• Gathers staff for in-person meetings when work could be handled through email or conference call
• Makes busy work for staff because they are afraid their paid staff needs to be directed
• FREE SPACE (Stay home if you can)
• Cancels office cleaning without inquiring about how to support displaced workers
• Does not caption videos or provide an ASL interpreter
• Talks about the joys and “freedoms” of “working from home” instead of acknowledging the stress for others trying to “survive a pandemic”
• Insists that a pandemic is a great time to lose weight, take on a new hobby, exercise, or become a “better person”
• Suggests to anxious people that all they need is some “self care” with a $40 candle and some Gwyneth Paltrow face exfoliation
• Reassigns staff, esp. lowest paid, to work they haven’t been trained for to justify keeping them paid
• Parental shaming for not working enough
• Wants to see if you are wearing real pants during video calls
• Talks on and on during a conference call not realizing how much time they are taking up*
• Ignores equity and race related questions during town halls, Facebook Live events, etc.
• Asks: “Why are you so tired?”
• Uses the word “equity” to justify decision making happening to people of color without including communities in decision making

*Rewritten after realizing the original was insensitive. Practicing learning and growing about disability justice — Erin

Guest blogger: Carrie Basas works in education advocacy and formerly in civil rights law, specializing in disabilities rights. Formerly she was a law professor impressing upon law students the importance of understanding race and its impact on people. Carrie has a MEd in Education Policy, Organizations and Leadership from the University of Washington. She earned a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and an Honors B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Sociology/Anthropology from Swarthmore College. However, her biggest claim to fame is her fashion weekend wear while hanging with her family and dog.

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Finally, a new way to pass the time at work: Office BINGO. Play alone or play with friends. Regular BINGO rules apply!

Most of the squares are self-explanatory, however, since we don’t want any of your co-workers to cheat you out of victory, let’s clarify what must be seen/heard to claim the box.

ROW B

Awkward Silence: Offices are loaded with it. Whether it’s the lunchroom, the conference room or simply at your desk, you’ll know it when you hear it!

Community Food: Common examples are the obligatory bagels and birthday cake. Any edible item dumped on a public table for the vultures to consume qualifies.

Fridge Cleaning: It doesn’t happen often, but some do-gooder always posts a sign on the refrigerator door warning that all unmarked items will be tossed by 4pm on a given date. (Subsequently, this leads to people angrily marking their salad dressing bottles with bold initials.)

Popcorn Nuker: The smell wafts through the air, causing a distracting paralysis. Often, you can set your watch to this activity.

Stinky Lunch: Natto, curry, onions and fish. Yummy for them, hellacious for you.

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ROW I

Unsolicited Bathroom Talk: You pull up to a urinal or escape into a stall to do your business, yet someone has to break the unwritten code of silence and shout over the divider.

Coffee Spotting: An easy square to acquire. Just locate someone gulping down java.

Asked for Office Supply: Get your own stapler, damn it! People are always borrowing supplies rather than walking over to the cabinet and getting their own.

Office Whistler: Beware, the psychological profile of this person is probably frightening. Awkward, annoying and out of tune, this person thinks an empty hallway is an amphitheater for their mouth.

Temperature Issues: “Who touched the thermostat?” Cold. Hot. Cold Hot. Can’t we all just get along? To get this square you must overhear someone complaining about the interior temperature.

ROW N

Random Body Pain: You’re sitting at your desk clanking on your keyboard, minding your own business. OW! Some striking pain hits your body for no good reason. You spend about 5 minutes wondering if you’re gonna die, then you forget about it until the next one comes.

Awkward IT Moment: They’re good with technology, but they’re not so good at communicating with “laypeople.” Whether it’s the way they ask you to fill out a trouble ticket or magically appear behind you, you’ll know this moment when it happens.

FREE

Smokers Return: Like wolves, these tobacco fiends run in packs. After blockading the company entrance, they return, spreading the smell of fire and mint gum throughout the office.

Ran Out of Post-It Notes: Duh!

ROW G

Day / Time Confusion: Statements to look out for – “It’s only 11am?” or “All day I thought it was Friday!” Especially prevalent after a three-day, holiday weekend.

Random HR Memo: Whether they’re changing who handles your 401K or reminding you about the dress code, HR sure is proficient at wasting our time.

Repeated Story: We all deny it, but we’re all guilty of this one. Check off your box if you’re hearing a story for the second time and don’t have the heart to interrupt.

Mention of the Weather: The ultimate in office small talk. “I can’t get over this rain!” I’m confident you’ll acquire this box quickly.

Last-Minute Assignment: Whether you’re off to lunch or leaving for the day, projects have a magical way of appearing at 4:55pm on a Friday.

ROW O

Called by Boss: Nice and simple. Your boss phones you, you get this box.

Hallway Shuffle: Mix a narrow hallway with an indecisive walker, and the rest is history. You go one way. They go the same way. Next thing you know, you’re doing the Hallway Shuffle!

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Printer Jam: Duh!

Unidentified Person: Routine is what makes your office such a horrendous place to be. Isn’t it amazing the attention a random workman or visitor from another company gets? Find a stranger and win.

Yawning Epidemic: As contagious as negativity, your job is to find at least two people yawning consecutively.

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