PCBC in SF

People often ask me if I have a more difficult time when I meet clients and they realize I am a woman? Usually not.

The one event where I am never treated as a contractor or a business owner is the PCBC show in San Francisco every year. The Pacific Coast Builders Conference is a gigantic annual show where you can cruise the Moscone Center for information about new products, and services. There are hundreds of booths for every imaginable construction related items.

I drag Boyfriend along and he agrees to go just to appease me and he enjoys picking up freebies. The funny thing is that when we approach a booth together, the sales people automatically start discussing their product with him. He has no construction knowlege and no interest in learning anything about construction. He'll just stand there and let them go on, he'll look over at me to see if I have any questions! Most of the time the sales people can't be bothered to glance over at me.

It amazes me only in the construction industry itself do people assume I am not a contractor or business owner because I am a girl.

Next year I'm going with Susan Dee.