What does it take to be a chat moderator in a Bingo room?

Being a Bingo CM is a job that most CM's absolutely love.

Here are some reasons why it's such a great job:

1. You can work from home
2. You can choose the hours you work ( mostly)
3. You make lots of friends online
4. There are a lot of other CM's to help you out any time of the day
5. The bingo players are very nice and friendly if you are new
6. You get to give people 'free' money.

Well, I'd like to say it's the worlds cushiest job, but lets be realistic.

1. You do have to work shifts, so if that doesn't suit you, it's not for you.
2. You have to be dilligent and on duty all the time - no quick cuppa unless it's made for you.
3. You have to sometime ban people - if they are being abusive to others.
4. You have to work in your pyjamas - just kidding, but you can if you want to!
5. You normally work form home - which can be tough if you have at home ankle biters....

Other than that every Bingo Chat Moderator I've spoken to just loves their job.

Stars without makeup

Some days celebrites go out without make up. No, REALLY!

Her's Jennifer Garner!

When they do ( and we are very lucky) they get a pic taken of them, to show us, what they really look like under all those skillfull make up artist's hands - see here

It's worth every envious moment......

So when you sit at home playing bingo in your pyjamas, don't worry, some of them do that at home too! They may even look worse than you do!

Oh, there is some justice in the world......

No CM

I've never been in a bingo room where there has been no CM, but I hear it's happened once or twice.

Does anyone have any stories about it and what happened?

Post a comment and tell me your stories...

My legs have closed........

My most embarrassing thing i think has happened was i used to work in "legs"room 12-6am, until rooms hours were reduced, and i was moved to another site for those hrs.

Couple days after was in "legs" working when few roomies commented how much they miss the room and chatting to me and what they going to do at night now?

I said to them "Well things have changed for me too at night since legs have closed"

i was horrified when roomies started laughing and pointed out what i had said and how it sounded.

I was so red faced and quickly rephrased what i said but toooo late bingo roomies were in fits of laughter and i was in tears laughing.

TG they couldnt see how red faced i truly was ROFL!

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OOops! Bet your bingo roomies kept reminding you of that one ! LOL! Well done, hope the 'legs' issues has solved itself!

Coming in... going out

I am a CM.
I work the 2am to 6am shift in the (hidden)room every morning but Sunday.
I take the handover from another CM - lets call her 'D' 5 out of 6 days a week, so we have gotten to know each other quite well.

One day she convinced the roomies to pretend that they didn't see me when I reported for my shift.
I actually went in the room, said hi to her and the bingo roomies, and got no response.
Left the room, came back and had the same results. I began to panic as I thought I was experiencing serious technical issues. After the third time leaving the room and re-entering, she finally sent me an MSN message to tell me what she did.

I felt great relief that I wasn't having tech issues, and got a good laugh, but I knew I had to get even with her.

So, a few days later, when I reported for my shift, I entered the bingo room and immediately said....."I enjoyed the chat, best of luck roomies and have a great day. See you all tomorrow," and left the room and waited for her to MSN me before returning to the room.

I have been a CM since October 2007 and I enjoy it very much. I like chatting with people from UK and surrounding areas because I get to learn about parts of the world I haven't visited yet.

Finger stuck - typing is difficult!

well this is my 2nd position as a cm

I love this type of work

I always say I should have no excuse to not show up for work!

well the other day I was working around the house before my shift and glued my hands together.
LOL

I spent the first 2 hours of my shift picking glue off my hands and trying to get unstuck it was hilarious.
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Wow - it must have been some strong glue. Luckily it she didn't stick her fingers together, because typing in the bingo chat room would have been very difficult. How do you explain to the bingo roomies that you can't spray bingo fairy dust because your fingers are stuck together?

Impromptu tatoo in Bingo

I was working my normal 12am-6am shift in (online bingo room) and with the hot weather i got up to turn fan on .

As i sat bk down the pen i use for counts etc was on chair, and it stabbed me in leg !

omg it did hurt - the pen actually made me bleed and was stuck in my leg,
i told roomies was like omggggg it sooooo hurts

then ever since i havent lived it down .

every time i go in room and roomies who was there that night say have u sud bic pens yet or mind u dont sit on it.

omg it so hurt they found it hilarious with my it hurtsssss it stingsss heres me with a stab wound from a pen !! lolol

The land of Nob?????

Just a story story for u .....

The other night i was sooo shattered and i was so chuffed to be finishing in about an hour.. i said to my bingo roomies whoooo nearly time for the land of nob...

instead of land of nod...

roomies was asking for directions to the land of nob........... couldn't stop laughin or saying sorry to the roomies

the roomies was like "nooo (name)" that was the best laugh they have had in ages.

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Sounds like a WHOLE lot of fun in that room!!!!



kelly

One from Louise

I only started in May as a bingo CM and im loving the job,have had some really good laughs.
Had 1 player other day say she had started on a specialK diet,at same time had a very funny player in bingo room and quick as wink they said yep they on the whiskey diet, they have lost 3 days already!
Gave me good laugh.
Have had couple roomies who right flirts LMAO, that gives me right giggle and roomies too.

They comment on name or say how sweet and lovely you are, makes you laugh and few times has even made me blush.

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Pity we can't see the blushing!!!

From Michelle

When I started my driving lessons I was asked to go straight over a
large round about,- so that is what I did! I went straight over it ......and
wrote off the car in the process!!!

The driving instructor went mad I told him if he had said go straight ahead then that is what I would have done but he didn't he told me to go straight over!!! rofl

I was only 17 at the time....

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Hah hah... good job she works from home now and doesn't have to drive anywhere hey?

Bet she has some other great stories to tell from the bingo rooms, we'll get Michele to come back and tell more...

From Yvonne

I've been a CM with - company name withheld - for 2 yrs now and I have to say its one of the best jobs I have ever had. I work my hours on - BIG online bingo room - and can honestly say that rather than being in a bingo chat room it feels like I'm with a tight community of friends each time I work. I have met so many lovely people and we are all just here for each other through good times and bad times CM's and players alike.

I've had many good times over the past 2 yrs and very few bad times. I'm a bit of a practical joker and have fooled so many people over my time as a CM with my jokes. But it all helps to make the atmosphere fun and friendly and those who have been caught out by my practical jokes have always taken it in good humour and had a good laugh.

The fact that I work from home is also a very big plus to the job. And the uniform is terrific!!! I have a different pair of pyjamas for each day of the week!!!

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Great to hear people love their jobs hey? Well done Yvonne!

A post from a CM herself.......

Just wanted to send over my opinions on being a cm if its any help. I absolutely love my job, the other cms are crazy and so are the roomies lol, and love to tease.

Once I logged onto do my shift and the cm in the room and the roomies all ignored me, i thought hmmmm strange lol so i f5'd to refresh and logged out and back on still they ignored me and carried on chatting.

Turned out they were playing a prank on me and was all planned.

Boy did i feel stupid lol.
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Hey, I bet everyone had a good laugh! Well done!

I SPY chat game.....

When I was Chat Game training a new chat moderator......

She decided to play I-Spy...a chat game for which this macro is used


I-SPY
THE CM WILL STATE WHERE THEY ARE EG BATHROOM, KITCHEN, THEN I-SPY SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH....... EG C TO WIN YOU MUST SAY "I-SPY" THEN YOUR GUESS, FIRST TO GUESS CORRECTLY AFTER THE COUNTDOWN WILL WIN

When you CG train a cm, you are also in the chat room with them, and helping them over msn. The cm forgot to tell the roomies which "room" of her house she was in for i-spy...so I sent an urgent nudge to tell her she had to do this.

she then entered into chat...

Ok Im in Community room...and I-Spy....

Heh hehe - we all know which site we are on, but which ROOM are you in huh?????? Don't you just love it???

Bingo chat rooms and moderators

Hi
This is all about the chat rooms in online Bingo, and the moderators, and the fun things that happen when we are all playing BINGO.

If you have great stories, send them to me, or post a comment for us all to read and laugh at. Sweet, sad, happy or just darn right silly, lets see them all, after all that's why we love playing bingo.