“It is excellent in soups, sauces, pastas, pizzas, hot dogs, hamburgers, chowmein or on anything else to give it a delicious, spicy taste.”

We at our office agree with that statement, and we’re willing to eat our words (preferably with some Sriracha on them).

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You live in San Francisco. Crab season is open. Dating season is open year-round, so grab somebody you love and go pull one of San Francisco’s signatures out of the water with your own hands.

Here’s the best way to do it, without getting pinched by Fish and Game, or getting pinched by the crab. And hey, even if you do get a little handshake from one of the crab, you can wear that scar with pride because if you really love SF, sporting that new scar on your hand will show your admiration for our beautiful City by the Bay a lot more than that “I heart SF” t-shirt.

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1. Patrons who wave money at us (the bartenders) with the assumption that you will go to them first. Everybody has money here, otherwise they wouldn’t have gone out!

2. Manners, manners, manners.  (Please) say ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’  Just because you are paying for a meal, that does not allow you to be ill mannered.

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Pat Burrell is showered with Bud Light on Sunday

As many of us witnessed last weekend, the Giants clinched the NL West and celebrated in true fashion on national television by giving each other champagne shampoos and Budweiser baths in the team’s clubhouse.

It was great product placement for Budweiser, and it’s no surprise that Bud was the celebratory beer of “choice” — anybody who’s been to AT&T Park can tell you that a player can’t hit a ball without it sailing above a Budweiser or Bud Light advertisement.

But where did the players go to celebrate after the cameras turned off, the clubhouse closed down and the free beer stopped flowing?

Sorry kids, it wasn’t Disneyland. When our SF Giants clinched the NL West, they went to the Tipsy Pig to celebrate (read more)

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, “Happy Birthday To You” is the most recognized song in the English language. So why did Mr. Breuning go the first 16 years of his life without hearing it?

Because the song wasn’t written until 1912 — 16 years after he was born.

This man is 16 years older than the song “Happy Birthday To You.”

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Now, thanks to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, we’ve all morphed into mini-robots and PDA is known by most as a “personal digital assistant.” And to be honest, as much I thought I’d never say this, I’m kind of missing the old version of the PDA.  Recently I visited a café, ordered a cup of coffee with my sweetheart and got chatting. Looking around, we noticed that every single person in the café was wired, not from the caffeine, but they were physically wired: cords going from the wall into their computers, into their ears and into their Smartphone. There was ZERO conversation happening, and what was even worse is that I actually got dirty looks for speaking aloud! (read more)

Recently I had dinner at a restaurant and as the server greeted our table, he asked: “Would you like bottled water, or is JUST tap water fine?” Maybe I was overly sensitive because I spent the earlier part of the day having to say no to “saving the children/environment,” but I couldn’t help but feel like I was being tactlessly upsold. When the server left the table, I joked to my dining companion, “what’s next, is he going to try and sell me a warranty on my entrée in case I don’t like it?” (read more)

Most likely everybody reading this has purchased an item which they later returned, whether because of buyer’s remorse or because those jeans looked much better when the pushy salesperson convinced you that your size 2 ass looked great in that size 0 pair of denim.

Sure, this makes sense in a retail industry; after all, even an automobile with a few miles on it can be returned and still be driven by somebody else, but what about in the service/hospitality industry? What are the guidelines for sending back a dish or beverage that you simply didn’t like? Should the restaurant eat the cost of a guest’s poor ordering decision, or should the guest just eat the dish?

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