I'm late to the party again, but I just found Behind The Counter, and it's really interesting. My dearest mother is the sort who takes 8 oranges back to Sainsbury's, cause one's got a dent in it, and complains because Morrisons don't stock the same variety of cheese that Safeway did before they were bought out. At least she always has the receipt...

Also, and this has annoyed me for a while, when I'm reading blogs or forums (fora?) by default I assume the writer / poster is male, only to have my mental construct of the person shattered when it turns out that he is a she.
Does anyone else get this? Do women assume the author is female, and men male? Or is it just me?
It's just me isn't it?
Yeah.