That is not even a question.
In our day and age, you have to shred outdated documents. Don’t just dump them in the garbage can, shred them!
Shred them up because these documents could reveal important details about your civil status, and the shredding could prevent some ill-intentioned individual from gathering and misusing some of your vital statistics.
Starting with you social security number, your driver’s license number or even your birthdate, somebody could easily defraud you of some savings or even worse, steal your identity.
So, no ifs or buts about it, if you want to sleep peacefully at night you need a good shredder.
Personally I don’t need one. I live with a bird whose main hobby is to make confetti out of any piece of paper lying around.
With a flying thing having free-range over my entire abode, I need to remain vigilant and God forbid, never leave any drawer or filing cabinet open.
Freako’s (not his real name) Modus Operandi is to sneak unobserved into any opening and go on a chewing binge.
He seems to have an innate sense of what is valuable and shows a definite fondness for financial statements.
Despite his rather diminutive appearance, he has a solid pair of lungs and a voice to match.
As long as he is chattering, I feel pretty safe, but it is when he stops jabbering that I start getting jittery.
Just like a naughty child, you know that he is up to no good when he is unusually quiet.
When an eerie silence falls on my house, I start worrying.
I worry because Freako can sneak unnoticed into any container (fridge, closet, drawer) and do a lot of damage before I can locate and stop him.
I have been thinking of fitting him with a tiny muzzle, but this does not seem to be a very practical solution.
On the other hand, if you need to dispose of important documents in an ecological fashion, I can let you have him for a couple of hours.
Like a hungry goat, he will clean your filing cabinet silently and efficiently.
And, as a bonus, the remaining confetti (always thinking of saving the planet) can be used at your next birthday party.
No need to thank me. Just pat Freako on his tiny head, and hand him a dollar bill to chew on.
Alain