The Most Unconventional Document Deliveries: Sharing Your Experiences

In the world of professional services, communication with clients often comes with its fair share of challenges—especially when it comes to document submissions. We’ve all experienced our share of peculiar situations that leave us wondering, “How did this happen?”

I’d like to kick off our discussion with a personal story that highlights just how bizarre things can get. One time, a client decided to send me a document in a rather unexpected manner: they took a photograph of a PDF displayed on their iPad using their Samsung phone. The result? A blurry, low-resolution image emailed to me as if that were the norm. To add to the absurdity, we still had to manually process the invoice from that photo, adding extra time and effort to an already tedious task.

Now, I’m reaching out to you, fellow professionals. What’s the most unusual or downright baffling way you’ve received documents from clients? Perhaps it was a handwritten note riddled with scribbles, an upside-down scan that required some acrobatics to read, or a file named “Image(345).jpg” with no context whatsoever.

I’m curious to hear your stories as I compile anecdotes for a project aimed at addressing the chaos surrounding document submissions. It’s not about promoting any specific solution; it’s simply about sharing our experiences to find solace in the fact that we’re not alone in this madness.

So please, share your tales of document delivery gone awry. Let’s commiserate and hopefully find a few laughs along the way!