The Most Unusual Document Submissions: A Call for Your Stories

As professionals navigating the often chaotic world of client communications, we have all encountered some rather bizarre methods of document submission. Today, I invite you to share your experiences. What’s the strangest or least efficient way a client has ever sent you a document?

Allow me to kick off this discussion with my own anecdote. I once received an invoice from a client in the most unconventional manner: they sent me a photograph of a PDF displayed on their iPad, captured with a Samsung phone, and emailed it to me. As you can imagine, this led to a lot of extra work, as we had to manually process the invoice.

Now, I know I’m not the only one with stories like these. Have you ever encountered handwritten notes that were difficult to decipher? Or perhaps a document that arrived upside down, or saved with a vague filename like “Image(345).jpg”? These odd submissions can certainly add a lighthearted chaos to our workdays.

I’m currently working on a project aimed at streamlining document submissions and am collecting these stories to highlight the common frustrations we all face in client communications. I would love to hear your experiences—let’s commiserate and see just how wild and weird the world of document submission can get. Share your tales, and let’s find some solace in the shared chaos of our professional lives!