One of the most boring job for me is Shredding
@amadeo (111948)
United States
March 12, 2017 8:19am CST
Good morning .Another frigid day here,
planing to stay put.I have tons of paper we need to get rid off.
I have been shredding off and on and find that this is the most boring job.
We took a bunch to Staples to get shredded.
But got to the point we stop.The only thing is that our neighbor has a fire place out door.The next time he has a fire going.Going to take a bunch.
Most of the paper is banking,investment etc.Which has our SS there.
These are paper way back years.Now we are trying to go paperless.
I hate this job.Wish that they was a better way to get rid of them.
Have a bonfire in the neighborhood.
How about you do you shred important paper no longer good any more?
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@Marilynda1225 (79730)
• United States
12 Mar 17
I always seem to have a pile to shred and it's a very unrewarding job (right up there with dusting). I'm in the midst of shredding all those important papers from my mom. She kept every single thing and now that she's passed I can finally shred all those papers. I like your idea of throwing all your papers into your neighbors fireplace
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
12 Mar 17
I am working on shredding years of income tax stuff..it take a long time. As for new things coming in the mail I shred them right away and don't let them build up.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
12 Mar 17
I must get organised like you too @AbbyGreenhill 
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
12 Mar 17
@amadeo That's the hard part for most people.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
12 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill a good idea.Now if only I organize my self.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Mar 17
@amadeo I hate doing it too but it has to be done. I thought of putting the papers in a bucket of bleach water and when it dries it should be blank. It could be faster than shredding. I also thought of putting the bleached papers that are dry in the bottom of a compost pile. What do you think?
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
12 Mar 17
No I burn mine but I live in the woods so it does not bother anyone. I have a small grocery sack ready now, I will burn them when I clean the yard and have small branches to burn.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
12 Mar 17
@andriaperry good for you there andria
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Mar 17
@andriaperry We use to do that when we lived in the mountains in Pennsylvania. We had an acre so it was pretty private. Now I am in flat lands and everything is open to the neighbors.
@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Mar 17
We try to shred as we go, but you know, sometimes it just ends up piling up and then it's a pain! There is actually a special education school around the corner from us, and for a fee (I think by the box), they will shred them for you. We assume it's safe, but haven't tried them out . . . at least if you do it yourself at home, you know it was done.
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Mar 17
@amadeo Well I've never done it - I just know about them. These are high school aged teens with mental disabilities . . . the school teaches them certain job skills . . . one of the services they practice is shredding documents. I am sure they are always supervised (they also do baking and car detailing) - and I assume they are trustworthy as they the school has done it for a long time.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
12 Mar 17
Shreding is good for the environment, if you shred paper and recycle it would save trees from being cut, burning would do contrary and would give out harmful fumes, if you live in the Philippines, my small modest biz would be glad to buy that, just separate rhe white bonds from the colored paper
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
13 Mar 17
I try to shred as soon as I have a small pile, otherwise the shredder will over heat and it will take a long time.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 17
Yes paper shredding is like watching paint dry! Enjoy put some music on and get into the rhythm !
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 17
@amadeo Dance to it as you shove the papers in the machine. It is a good way to work out! LOL
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Mar 17
@garymarsh6 That is a great way of descriping it.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
12 Mar 17
I have decades of papers to shred 
I boiught a shredder last autumn as I had already sorted a lot of the papers and needed to get them out of the way. I agree that it is boring but it's one of those jobs that you can see that you did it when it's done so that makes it better I guess
I boiught a shredder last autumn as I had already sorted a lot of the papers and needed to get them out of the way. I agree that it is boring but it's one of those jobs that you can see that you did it when it's done so that makes it better I guess 1 person likes this
@marguicha (215427)
• Chile
12 Mar 17
I don´t shred it and I don´t have a shreder. I use my hand to cut it in about 4 pieces and that´s it.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
13 Mar 17
It really is boring yes. So I do that bit by bit.
Try doing it like that if you can otherwise it turns into a thankless task.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
13 Mar 17
@amadeo
Great, you sound so much better now. Shred all that another day and go out and enjoy yourself.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
13 Mar 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 I did I did I did.LOL
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
13 Mar 17
@lovingnagelsinstead21 I do.This has been going on for years.LOL
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@workathomefan (8957)
• Prairieville, Louisiana
12 Mar 17
Congratulations your discussion is a hot discussion.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
12 Mar 17
@workathome.I very seldom go there.Now that you mentioned .Will take a peek.LOL
thank you
