Seems nowadays all you see in San Francisco is fecal matter. Back in the early 2000's, the sign of choice was "Spare Change?". Then about 2004, the signs seemed to change overnight to "Why lie? I want a beer!" Once walking down a Fisherman's Wharf sidewalk, I saw the beer sign in a panhandler's hand as he knelt under a Help Wanted sign in the window of a Johnnie Rocket's restaurant. The window sign read, "Looking for fun loving people for exciting career."
Who's more fun-loving than a guy who admits he likes to drink beer?