At Least This Stupid Request Was Easy To Fulfill

A potential client emailed me some documents related to his project. I told him that I would not be able to take on his project at this time.

Client: “Then you need to email me back the documents. They have trade secrets in them.”

Me: “Your privacy is important to me; I’ll make sure to delete them from my hard drive.”

Client: “No. Send them back so that I can make sure that you don’t have them anymore.”

I emailed them back to him and he was satisfied.