--- description: But does she dig them after they dig out her car? title: Genius Woman Uses Tinder to Get Guys to Dig Her Car Out image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Genius Woman Uses Tinder to Get Guys to Dig Her Car  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 5, 2015 4:40 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 5, 2015 4:40 PM CUT Apparently there is hope for Tinder users who feel like they have not gotten anything out of the dating app. Journalist Susan Zalkind wrote an article for [_Boston_ magazine](//www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2015/03/04/tinder-getting-strangers-shovel-car/ "undefined") about how she found men on Tinder who were willing to shovel her car out of snow during a winter season that saw her city inch toward an all-time record for snowfall. To give you a glimpse of her success rate, at one point, after 74 right swipes, she got 35 matches, and 11 offers to shovel. The first guy was a 38 year old who got the job done in 45 minutes in the middle of blabbing about his ex. The second guy was a 29 year old in an open relationship with his wife, so while he was not dating material, at least he shoveled the snow off of the car. _Read next:_ [_Inside Tinder: Meet the Guys Who Turned Dating Into an Addiction_](http://time.com/4837/tinder-meet-the-guys-who-turned-dating-into-an-addiction/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3733517/tinder-shovel-snow-car/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3733517/tinder-shovel-snow-car/"},"headline":"Genius Woman Uses Tinder to Get Guys to Dig Her Car","datePublished":"2015-03-05T16:40:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:25.499Z","description":"But does she dig them after they dig out her car?","url":"https://time.com/3733517/tinder-shovel-snow-car/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3733517/tinder-shovel-snow-car/","name":"Genius Woman Uses Tinder to Get Guys to Dig Her Car"}}]}] ```