Written by: Maria Antoniou
Imagine walking into the office on a regular Monday morning. The coffee machine has already made 97 coffees, the playlist is giving “motivational-wake-up-weekend-is-over” vibes, and Alitis, our resident poodle and unofficial Head of Workshop, is curled up on Stavros’ desk like the superstar he is.
You open Outlook, expecting the usual Monday inbox anxiety — maybe a last-minute brief, maybe a 10KB JPEG logo, 75×26 pixels, maybe an unclear request to “make it fun but corporate.”
But then you see it. An email from The Perfect Client.
It starts with:
“Good morning dear, wishing you a good week ahead.”
You’re instantly suspicious. Too polite. Too calm. You brace yourself. You open the attachment expecting the usual chaos: a half-baked idea, a missing logo, a deadline that’s somehow already overdue.
But no.
It’s a briefing. And not just any briefing. A proper one! Structured. Clear. There are bullet points. There are references. There is a moodboard. There are links that actually work. The logo isn’t a screenshot from a presentation in 2017.
And the best part? It has a deadline!
And louder for the ones in the back: IT HAS A DEADLINE!
Not for today. Not for tomorrow. Not “by EOD.” But for 10. Days. Ahead.
You pause. Read it again. Look over your shoulder, half-expecting this to be a prank, a trap, an AI-generated hallucination. But it’s real.
You take a breath. You smile. You reply, “Received, thank you! We’ll get working on it.”
But what you really mean is: “We’ll frame this email and hang it in the meeting room.”
You want to hug them. Bake them cookies. Knit them a jumper with “Client of the Year” embroidered on the front. You want to add them to a secret VIP list titled “People we’d actually work with again.” You even consider sending them a five-star review!
Because when a client actually makes your life easier, the work gets better, the team is happier, and nobody threatens to move to the mountains and start a goat farm. Monday? Manageable.
