I suppose courtesy falls into this category too. Just a little thing that happened to me yesterday.
So when I drive around in my truck in the country, I almost always wear a ball cap or a cowboy hat. I don't drive real fast and I try to extend as much country style driving courtesy as possible. Lot's of waving and letting people pass, that type of thing. I find people are really a lot more friendly when I'm wearing my cowboy hat. I also think it helps drivers see where I'm looking because they can see the silhouette.
Well I'm at this red light out near Caldwell, and I'm next to a big F350 with my window down. We both accelerate (not race) and it's a little up-hill, so he is getting ahead of me. I look to the left and I'm staring right into the exhaust pipe and I can tell that truck is ready to shift and blow out black smoke right into my window. I think the driver saw me look left because he let off the gas and kept the truck from blasting me. I certainly think that cowboy hat helped my country street cred out there, which led to the other driver extending the courtesy and respect that an aggressive driver or a little car might not have received.
I open doors, say yes/no ma'am/sir, say hi to anyone that looks at me, good ol' country stuff. I give everyone the max amount of respect until they give me a reason not to.
Have a good story? Trying to keep this positive, but dis-respect is just as important of a topic.