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.

What's it like being a CM you Ask??

What is it like being a CM?
being a cm is great you get to meet all sorts of people and generally they are all a really good laugh.
i love it !

the one thing that is hard is when they don't want to natter and nothing you do will change there mind lol

What don't you like about your job?

the worse bit about the job is when you have to ban people as it not nice for the cm and its not nice for all the other roomies either, and also the people that begrudge the other roomies who win, but you cant have everything pmsl

What are the funny things that happen?

the funny bits are usually typos and crikey there have been a few from cms and roomies ohh the difference one letter can make

What are the players like?

you have regular players too you get to know them and they get to know you and you are some peoples line to the outside, there social life is online, and you take the rough with the smooth you share there good news as well as bad and its like a real community and i am proud to be a part of it
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Thanks to Helen for adding these insights to her job as a CM.

Being a CM is great....

What's it like being a CM?

Get lots bingo roomies who become regulars and you get to know them they tell you about thier families and their lives and whats been happening.

They follow you from room to room and if you arent on for few days, they ask after you and it makes u feel really good about this job and makes you feel like you are doing something right.

Best part of i have found of this job not just roomies but the team I work with they are fantastic, so helpful and friendly,and no matter what question u have or problem there is always some1 there to help.

They are great!!!

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?

From a lovely multi-lingual lady...

This lady speaks a few languages, which makes her the perfect CM as bingo rooms often have a English, Spanish and other language offerings. What's uniqu about her situation, is her husband is a CM too! WOW!
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I am actually from Romania, I moved to England about 2 years ago because I met and married an english man that I met on the internet anddddd surpriseeeee who actually works for as well now :) So we are both here, enjoying this job, never getting bored.

So I am a romanian CM working in an english bingo chat room, ohhh and wait, in a spanish one too hahaha, as initially I was hired for the spanish rooms.

I speak 6 foreign languages so this job offered me the opportunity to speak and write 2 of these on a day to day basis, which means I now practice spanish daily as most of my shifts are in the spanish bingo room.

It is, as you said, very busy, so we hardly have the time to get bored, we love working together, sharing opinions, having a giggle and giving each other advice on any situation we may encounter. After all this time working together, I couldn't even imagine how it would be for us to work in different places as we got so used to each other that we now don't wanna be apart for 1 minute :).

In 3 words, both me and hubby love being bingo CM's !!! :)))))))

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???