How do I get the same respect my husband gets?

If my husband takes the car in to be repaired, or the radio of the car he is given the time of day, if I go to the doctor on my own without my husband then the doctor is cocky with me, but if I go with my husband then he is polite. If I go to the nursery the lady there is rude to me if my husband is not around but if my husband is with me then she is polite. This is the strangest phenomenon, and I just don