What We Do: The socialsklz:-) violations squad patrols the streets of New York to eradicate rude behavior by ticketing and documenting social violations of Manhattanites. Dressed to impress in polka-dot outfits, our crack team of investigators stomp the streets in our stilettos in search of the disrespectful, the ill-mannered, and the downright rude. We issue tickets to citizens who break the codes of social conduct and breach the laws of public decency. Armed with social savvy, civic obligation, and a little bit of sarcasm, we fight social offenses so you don't have to.


Our Current Condition:
Public nail-clipping and spitting. Road rage. High decibel cellphone conversations that ruin a dinner out. Taking down fellow early-morning commuters on the streets and on the subway platform.  Here in New York, these social violations are not uncommon.  We New Yorkers have turned a blind eye and stuffed our ears with headphones, allowing these violations to reach a dangerous level.
We live in a city where we listen to the intimate conversations of our upstairs neighbors through our bathroom air vents, contort ourselves like Gumpy to fit into the over packed subway car just to we make it to work on time, and manage to co-exist in parallel universes through our Blackberries, iPhones, and Droids.  The necessity for social propriety seems to have been dismissed in order to survive in this ruthless and furiously fast-paced city.


A Hope For The Future: Take a second and imagine how you would feel if all those unhappy, caffeine-slurping faces on the subway smiled more often, turned their iPod volumes down to a minimum, and gave up their seats to the elderly, pregnant women, and young kids on the train? It seems a little eerie at first, but life would be a lot more tolerable, wouldn’t it?
Sure, it might take us some time to get used to the fact that a friendly “Good morning!” from a passing stranger isn’t a blatant sexual advance. But, once we open ourselves up to the possibility of social decency we just might be able to hold the door for someone, say please more often, and make sure our trash actually gets into the trash can.  We'll trade in our bone china for Japanese zen tea sets, replace our f*** you's with thank you's, put down our pinkies, and only put up the middle finger when we’re having a really, really bad day.  These are just simple steps we can take to make life easier, so we don’t just survive, but thrive.