What’s the dumbest way you’ve ever received a document from a client?

The Wild World of Document Submissions: Share Your Most Unusual Stories

As professionals, we’ve all encountered a few head-scratching moments in our work, especially when it comes to receiving documents from clients. If you’ve ever wondered just how creative or perplexing document submissions can be, you’re in for a treat.

Allow me to share a particularly memorable experience: Once, a client opted for an unconventional method of delivering an invoice. Instead of sending a straightforward email or a standard PDF, they took a photo of the PDF displayed on their iPad—using a Samsung phone, no less—and then emailed that image. The result? We had to manually process the invoice, increasing our workload unnecessarily.

This got me thinking: What are some of the most bizarre or inefficient document submissions you’ve encountered in your professional life? Have you received handwritten notes, upside-down scans, or files renamed to something like “Image(345).jpg”?

I’m collecting these anecdotes as I work on solutions to streamline the chaos that can arise from such unconventional submissions. It’s not just a personal quest; I’m curious to know if I’m alone in experiencing these amusing and often frustrating moments.

So, what’s your story? Share your weirdest document submission experiences in the comments below. Let’s embrace the humor in these situations together!