At the auto parts store

You know how, most times anyway, when a woman goes into an auto parts store, she is treated like she doesn't know what she needs or what she is talking about? Just for future reference, I know a pretty good amount of auto lingo, what this or that does...etc.

Well, I just left our local auto parts store, thinking that something was wrong with the battery or with the alternator. I walked to the front counter, and politely asked the man behind the counter that I would like these checked. With out hesitating (not the usual thinking that I didn't know what either were), he rolled the tester outside, asked me to pop the hood and to rev the engine. Then, we concluded that I needed a new battery. As he was replacing my battery, I started asking him questions, and he actually spoke to me in an intelligent manner, not "dumbing down" the words or lingo at all! How refreshing!

I know this probably isn't the norm of how other women are treated, but it gives me a small bit of hope that maybe things are changing, if just at an auto parts store...