kgs
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yah, YooperBrew...i was at the lhbs a week or so ago to buy some equipment and the old dude behind the counter, er, Pro Specialist Homebrew Helper, suddenly assumed mid-conversation that i was there shopping on behalf of a male brewing partner. odd, i hadn't mentioned any partner. but i went with the flow, and came out of the experience a little wiser and with a few bucks still left in my pocket.
it's alright, it's all good. nothing but a chicken wing.
I've had that experience at many different points in my life (I'm an over-50 female, small and unremarkable in appearance, though I've worked in nontraditional professions) but amazingly, my LHBS is not one of them. They've been very welcoming and not at all condescending. When I mentioned the other day that I didn't think I'd be moving to AG soon, one of the men said, "Oh, you'll move into the equipment gradually." Not exactly the typical electronic-store experience, where I could wave $100 bills and be ignored by the staff, or at best treated like a moron.
I wouldn't be surprised by any of the stories other women shared... being mistaken for a husband's helpmate, etc.... I'm just grateful that my LHBS [edit: get those acronyms right...] isn't in that category!