Ridiculous Document Submissions: Share Your Stories

In the world of freelancing and client work, we often encounter a variety of surprises—and not all of them are pleasant. Today, let’s dive into the amusingly bizarre ways clients have chosen to deliver important documents.

Allow me to kick things off with a personal experience: I once received an invoice from a client in the most unconventional manner. Instead of sending a straightforward PDF attachment, they decided to snap a photo of the document displayed on their iPad using a Samsung phone. Yes, you read that right! This curious approach meant that we still had to enter that invoice manually into our system, which drew out an already tedious process.

Now, I’m eager to hear from you! Have you encountered any strange or outright ridiculous document submissions? Perhaps you’ve received handwritten notes that are nearly illegible, scanned images that come out upside down, or files saved with quirky names like “Image(345).jpg.”

I’m collecting these stories as part of an effort to streamline our document handling processes. While I’m not here to sell anything, I want to reassure everyone that we’re all in this chaos together. So go ahead, share your craziest document submission tales in the comments below! Your experiences might just bring a smile (or a cringe) to our day.