Paper Shredder

It's sad to get this much joy out of my latest purchase. I have years of information that needs
to be shredded.

Why don't I just rip those papers up and throw them out?

A friend of mine was a victim of identity theft. Someone applied for credit cards and checking
accounts. He (or she) proceeded to max out the credit cards and bounce checks. Friend can no
longer write checks because she is in 'the system.' And the worse thing, friend had an arrest
warrant out in her 'name' and she had to turn herself in. She had to hire a lawyer to go to court to
try and clear up all of these problems. More than a year later she is still suffereing the consequences
of identity theft.

Lesson learned: better safe than sorry.