Most bizarre request you've ever received from a client?

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"Can we schedule a meeting for you to walk me through what a brand plan is? I'm basically flying by the seat of my pants and I don't want my boss to know". His boss was my main client, dude came from sales into product management with 0 marketing experience.
To this day, my best client reference for getting new jobs/interviews. Dude loves me. #Relationships

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A client asked for award winning ideas. We presented the ideas and he said: Guys I have to be honest. This is great but will never be produced. I just asked to look good with my boss. I'm waiting for a promotion. But thanks for the hard work.

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to send them their own logo

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to print a PPT but without the “red squiggles” under some of the words (read: spellcheck)

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To send them their own font (that they had sent to us). AND tell them how to install it.

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Can you guys make them browner? Like, give them a tan! 🤦‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

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Take his daughter shopping...

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“Can you save this in a different format? We have a newer version of Creative Suite than you.” (you should be ashamed of yourself, Grey NY/WPP)

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Can you separate the PDFs for me? Ugh.

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Objective: promote push opt-in
Available channels: push notifications
😑

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^ I would've gone postal! 😂

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To tell them what the pass along readership was for Pandora.

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Write a job ad for her eventual replacement

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Team flew (4 hour flight) to the client’s headquarters for a week full of tacticals. Team got there and they scheduled all the tacticals to the next week.

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Client asked if we could get a horse to Canada by Monday for a 'western themed stunt'. The request was made on a Friday at 4:30 PM...😒

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I got asked to send them a layered jpg 😒

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To change a number in a PowerPoint slide they created and send it back, and to charge it to X job.

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Client once asked me to create a presentation about HER progress so she can present it to her boss.

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Fwiw, about that comment by Huge1 sending the client their own logo - sadly, this is not even close to a bizarre request, but daily life 😖🔫

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To make a Whitney Houston tribute. If you ever worked for coca-cola/airbnb you will know what I'm talking about.

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