Rochester, NY – One of the biggest complaints Rochesterians have about downtown in the winter is that sidewalks tend to be covered in snow and pedestrians are forced to walk on dangerous roads. A local inventor has introduced a new shovel design hoping to inspire people to stop waiting for the city to fix things and to tackle this issue themself.

“I noticed in the clubs downtown that a lot of people have no issues moving powder around with credit cards,” says inventor Thomas Mullarhan. “So I figured folks might be more motivated to clear off walkways if they have a tool they’re already used to using.”

This shovel was released only last month and already we’ve seen a renaissance in snow removal. “While we haven’t sold a lot of the credit card shovels, the people that are buying them are super motivated to shovel and are wide awake late at night,” says Mr. Mullarhan. “I hear a lot of stories of people leaving for work and finding their driveway clear thanks to their neighbor who they caught on their security camera making perfect lines of powdered snow before clearing them with one big push.”