The Most Unconventional Document Submissions: A Call for Your Stories

In the world of freelance and client work, we’ve all encountered our fair share of peculiar document submissions. As professionals navigating through various workflows, we often find ourselves amused (and sometimes baffled) by the ways clients choose to send us important documents.

To kick things off, I have a personal anecdote that highlights just how creative things can get. A client once sent me a photo of a PDF displayed on their iPad, but here’s the twist—they took the photo using a Samsung phone and then emailed it to me! Not only was that unconventional, but it also meant we had to process that invoice manually, adding unnecessary steps to our workflow.

Now I’m reaching out to you for your stories. What’s the strangest or least professional way you’ve ever received a document from a client? Perhaps it was a handwritten note, an upside-down scan, or a file named “Image(345).jpg” that left you scratching your head.

I’m gathering these tales not to advocate for any particular solution but simply to share the collective experience of dealing with document chaos. We’re all in this together, and sometimes, knowing that others resonate with our frustration can make the chaos a bit more bearable.

So, let’s hear your quirkiest document submission stories! Your contributions could provide some much-needed humor as we navigate this often unpredictable landscape of client interactions.