I really hate that I have to shred shit that is sent unsolicited to

[WCGreen]

our house...

Credit Card and Mortgage applications...

I wish they would just stop already

[Left Is Write]

1. Shredding lots of junk mail can be therapeutic.

[reyd reid reed]

3. Plus it gives the kids something to do

when, two days after Christmas they're singing the eternal refrain:

"I'm boooooored. There's nothing to dooooooooooo...."

[WCGreen]

4. Tell them we use to have to use scissors to shred

[reyd reid reed]

5. Scissors?

You got scissors? Why, we didn't even get scissors. We had to shred with our teeth...

[WCGreen]

11. Well that could gum up the works now couldn't it....

[reyd reid reed]

12. ...

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. Teeth?

You got teeth? You're so lucky. We have to shred them by hitting them with rocks. Same way we chew steak.

:)

[lost-in-nj]

2. I have BAGS

of crap to shred.I think I am going to call Shred-it and have them bring a truck....



lost

[EstimatedProphet]

6. They're the worst

Once they get you, that's it. And what gets me is if you apply and get rejected (like when I did when I was unemployed) they send you another application! What's that about!?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Oh, I hear that!

Plus our fancy lovely cross cutting shredder overheats......

And then you can't shred anything till it says you can.....:grr:

[Capn Amerika]

8. Does that have anything to do with shit hitting the fan?

I don't want to be around for either of those scenarios.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Welcome to DU!

Have fun in our crazy, addictive little village!

:hi:

[Capn Amerika]

10. Thank you for the warm welcome.

:hi:

[Pied Piper]

13. This is what I do...

I tear everything to shreds, then I put it all in the postage-prepaid envelope, and send it back to them. Capitol One is the worst. They told me I was preapproved, and when I applied, they rejected me because I don't have a mortgage (I have outstanding credit, BTW). So anything they send to me goes right back, and they pay for it.

[WCGreen]

17. I got eight Capital One pre-paid piles of shred goin' back

on tuesday....

[mikeargo]

18. Great idea...

That's going to be my New Year's resolution. Anything that comes from Capital One or the former MBNA gets ripped up and stuffed into the prepaid envelope and sent back to them.

[Hugin]

14. I use it for home heating...

I'm all for alternative energy, lemme tell ya.

:)

[sweetheart]

15. It gets extreme

I've seen the post van make a wasted journey down this rural route
to drop off an unsolicited financial 'offer' from a business.

Then i calculate the cost of the fuel, the cost of the printing, the
trees embedded in the mailing, the inks, varnishes and public personpower
that has shifted that letter the length of britain that i can chuck it in the furnace.

There's global warming for you, they're sending me the most expensive,
and poor firing coal briquettes, when i'd much rather get coal if they're
footing the postage like this. :-)

And with new british laws, i'll have to pay by the pound to get rid of garbage
that banking companies send me... when i'm not firing the furnace.... so they
end up screwin' ya somehow.