The Most Unusual Document Submissions: Your Stories Wanted

In the vast landscape of client communications, we often come across unexpected challenges, especially when it comes to receiving documents. I’m reaching out to hear about your most bizarre or frustrating experiences in this realm.

Let me kick things off with my own story: I once had a client send me a photograph of a PDF that was being displayed on their iPad. To add an extra layer of complexity, they took that picture using a Samsung phone and then proceeded to email it to me. Despite the modern technology at our disposal, we still had to manually process that invoice—quite the hassle, to say the least.

This experience got me thinking: what are some of the strangest ways you’ve received documents from clients? Whether it’s handwritten notes, upside-down scans, files renamed to something like “Image(345).jpg,” or any other peculiar submissions, I want to hear about them.

I’m currently gathering these stories as part of a project aimed at addressing the chaos so many of us face in document management. Rest assured, I’m not attempting to pitch anything here; I’m simply looking for shared experiences to alleviate the feeling of isolation that often accompanies these odd situations.

So, what’s the most unorthodox document submission you’ve encountered? Your insights could lead to some interesting solutions!