Comments on: Get A Paper Shredder

By: charles

charles — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:39:20 +0000

I bought a cheap shredder the trick to prolonging the life of the thing is to spray it with WD40 or light weight machine oil occasionally oh and dont choke it . any thing is better than nothing .

By: Industrial Paper Shredder

Industrial Paper Shredder — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:46:21 +0000

Home shredders are very helpful as well as cheap there are usually old documents and records related to banking and saving sheets.

By: Lars

Lars — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:57:03 +0000

I just take all my to-be-shredded items to work and use the shredding services of my company.

By: Fishy

Fishy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:47:30 +0000

I’m not saying that you may not buy a paper shredder at home, I’m just saying that you don’t really need it at home.
My point is that paper shredders at home are an unnecessary luxury, while Jason is saying they are as critical a part of any household as a front door.
That doesn’t mean I don’t want people to have paper shredders at home :p

By: Sharron (kkomp)

Sharron (kkomp) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:06:54 +0000

It’s automation though; technology enabling a more comfortable and convenient lifestyle. Saying that only office workers should use a paper shredder and people at home should use scissors is like saying that only business people should use email as they have to communicate quickly over long distances by necessity; whereas people at home don’t have to communicate as quickly so they should use the postal service.

By: Fishy

Fishy — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:48:28 +0000

Office workers get to deal with an enormous amount of paper. Their fingers would start bleeding or bruising if they had to cut all these with scissors.

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:00:56 +0000

Yes but have you ever tried making french fries with scissors?

Is there some deficiency with office workers that causes them to be unable to use scissors? – I mean; if a human can allegedly avoid a paper shredder by using a pair of scissors at home; then what prevents office workers from using a pair of scissors in the office? Do scissors breed in an office environment? Is that the reason why they’re not used in an office? The manager arrives to find that all the paperwork has been shredded by adolescent scissor-thugs, and there’s groups of hooded scissors hanging around on desk-corners vandalising paper-clips and putting drawing-pins on all the chairs.

By: Fishy

Fishy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:38:57 +0000

For home use, isn’t a pair of scissors a more sensible alternative?
A human with a pair of scissors can shred a document as good as (or even better than) a paper shredder. Without too much extra time.
Of course, for office use, a paper shredder could be a good idea.

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:57:28 +0000

I totally agree with this post. From an ex-double-glazing saleswoman – yes I realise I branded myself in another comment on another post – you can’t be too safe.

In fact if you buy an industrial-strength paper shredder you can also use it for making chips and french-fries in addition to shredding your unwanted personal paper documents.

This ingenius tip was brought to you in association with the UK Government; who remove the necessity of having a paper-shredder by losing unencrypted DVDs with all your personal data on them in transit, or leaving laptops with similar content on the hard-drive on a train.

The UK Government: Why shred it? They’ve probably revealed it already.

By: Mitch Dominguez

Mitch Dominguez — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:15:59 +0000

In this day and age where we tend to think identity theft or credit card theft occurs on-line having a paper shredder should just be standard equipment for the home. It is not just for the office anymore. As Rich Menga says in his comment make sure you get a cross shredder not the cheaper one that cuts your paper into long strips. My God, the other day I saw a promo for software that puts the long strips of paper back together. You put the strips of paper print side down in a scanner, then scan it like a regular document and the software rearranges it back into its original form. Then you just print it out. What a world we live in!!