ACTUALLY, I lived above people who smoked a LOT of pot in their home in it DID negatively effect my life. The smoke came up through the floorboards every day. I’m a non-smoker and it was an absolute nuisance to have my apartment become a virtual bong everyday.

Conservatives argue that offering marriage to same-sex couples will at least throw insurance numbers for companies into a tail-spin.

My dog is part of my family and this cafe offered it’s services to me and my dog.

The guy who complained was the kind of guy who just likes to comment on other people’s lives without looking at himself at all. Not a loyal patron, just a nuisance. As I mentioned before, another regular patron came to ME and said "ignore him, he’s crazy…"

Personally, I would like to be able to dine out without someone’s wild 2 year-old practically breaking the glass of the front door by banging it for about 20 minutes on and off, as happened last night… rabid toddlers are a nuisance to me… but there’s nothing I can do about that…

These are all people’s arguments. You’re entitled to yours, but they are just your opinions, about what you perceive to be affecting people’s lives from solely your own viewpoint.
They are not facts.

My opinion is the law is inappropriate and I’m going to try to change it.

And the PEOPLE of the city even more.

This is ESPECIALLY true with the "Medical Marijuana" issue. The Federal Government opposes this law and raids clinics and dispensaries regularly. This is a whole other topic. But IMHO, I think even if the pot doesn’t always go to cancer patients, it goes to some. If pot works better than OxyContin to help pain and reduce suffering, who is this law suiting? Sounds like Big Pharma.

Protesting the war can be considered "Treason" and has in the past. And blocking roadways during a protest, including "Critical Mass" also against the law.

Flying pillars is against the law.

And, let’s not forget that being in an official relationship with someone of the same sex was illegal ONE MONTH AGO.

So, if your argument is that I PERSONALLY, should SUCK IT UP and FOLLOW THE LAW, you should THINK about your reasoning given our location.

I think it is fair to say we live in an area where some of these laws don’t fit, so people BREAK them to CHANGE them.

We also live in an area where a LOT of PEOPLE have poor hygiene for whatever reason and spread germs, just through the transfer of money alone, that will affect any cafe, more than a dog on a leash. I’m going to break that law, whenever it is not offending the cafe owner, because personally, I do respect the owner’s opinion. This "law" is "supposed to be" about "Public Health"; with that reasoning, since humans are a bigger threat to the human public health, this dog law makes no sense.

I do NOT respect the law on this matter, because it makes no sense.

Just like anyone who rides a bike against a light, or in the middle of "Critical Mass" just like anyone who smokes pot, who frequents a marijuana dispensary, just like anyone who drinks in public during the Haight Street Fair, or marches in the middle of the street to stop a war… I’m going to break the law… and I’m going to YELL at people who tell me not to… JUST like everyone else in San Francisco, because THIS is what I care about, right now… and I deserve to yell about what I CARE about, just like everyone else.

A) I did patronize a cafe that actually ASKS to see my dog, frequently.
B) My bias is with rude people.
C) It is the LAW I want to change.

And, moreover, I did petition my supervisor, I have rights too. SINCE I am fairly certain I’ve paid a bit more in taxes than this man— I feel I have an interest in the laws that effect my daily life, maybe a little more. At least one other person in the cafe was annoyed with him, while three people in the cafe were greeting me and my dog, so he was being the idiot. (Law or not…)

And furthermore, I’m going to quit coffee this weekend. I’ve decided it’s an expensive, stupid habit that forces me into the company of puss-eyed crap bags.

Were you more offended by finding out about the law or by a person you consider gross spouting it to you? I think the latter, in which case you might try to do the nice thing and have a little understanding for the person who so bothered you.

I’m no fan of our homeless problem myself (and we don’t know if he WAS homeless or just ugly), and I certainly don’t want to go camp out in the streets in solidarity, but these people are people and entitled to the same rights and protections that you and I enjoy. Just because you didn’t like the way he looks doesn’t mean he was wrong; he was just a jerk about telling you about the law.

You should make your choices based on your interests; if you want to only patronize business that allow dogs, do so. I try not to patronize business that allow dogs for the opposite reason. Perhaps you should petition your supervisor…..

THAT would be interesing…

Would they lose the money of 120,000 potential paying customers? For stinky guy? I don’t think so…

The ER, animal bite thing is actually true (real-life experience there); and yes, PINK EYE is a common name, yes, and it can be caught in a number of ways, such as handling something a nasty guy with pink eye has handled.

I don’t think he was actually wiping crap in his eyes… though, I’m not sure to be honest.

And you know, it wasn’t ALL that he was stinky, it was really his approach, mostly. He didn’t ask the owner if I could take my dog out, he didn’t ask me politely, he started barking at me, as if he were actually someone I gave a crap about. He said "DOG OUTSIDE!" like he were some parental-figure, to which I will always say, SCREW YOU. And yes, partially because he was icky (do people want to eat with HIM in there? NO) … and the first thing I said to him was, "I’m ordering to go, and they gave me permission"… to which he should’ve SHUT THE FKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK UP!!!!!!!! And THAT is the POINT, a CRAP BAG like that shouldn’t HAVE a stupid law to spout at me… He was a crazy… fine, one patron even said to me "Ignore him, he’s crazy…" But the point is still, HE can sit there with his craziness and puss but my dog "legally" can’t ???

again… LAW MUST GO…

(Keep in mind, the owners rolled their eyes at him, and served me, and DID NOT ask me to take the dog out, still… which they should be able to do WITHOUT breaking the law…)

I wonder how/if this story would’ve been different if the person raising a stink wasn’t himself stinky.

Most of all, though I felt compelled to comment because it seems you’ve taken your medical facts from "Knocked Up." Pink eye doesn’t come from putting feces in your eyeball any more than any sickness can come from putting feces anywhere besides the toilet. Pink eye is just a common name for a physical manifestation that can be cause by any number of germs and bacteria, viruses, etc.

I guess, bottom line, I found this an odd (oddly San Franciscan?) to get so angry at a homeless guy. It’s ironic that HE would care about health standards, but hell, in the grand scheme of things, we’re far better off, no?

In my opinion, animals are often better than people.

"Humans" need a WARNING TAG to keep them from taking a shower with a hair dryer.

But, if you’re hung up on "being human", Orca Whales have exhibited many "human" traits; not to mention, we are both mammals. And whales can communicate through thousands of miles without telephones. I guess you could consider the Sonic Layer kinda like the internet that is free in most cafes.

There are religions that worship animals.
With that in mind, not allowing animals could be an insult to some cultures.

And, furthermore, go to an emergency room and ask about "animal bites". The actual cause of the infection isn’t the bite itself, it’s the FILTH that lives on the HUMAN skin getting into the bite hole.

So, maybe we should wait outside while our dogs get coffee…