True, there are many people now brought up without respect, so what is second nature to me, such as ladies first and minding my Ps & Qs isn't to many now.

Whether instinctive good manners means more respect than not saying / doing respectful platitudes and not doing them means lack of respect is more complicated.

I doubt whether a McDonalds burger flipper cares whether you have a nice day or not, and the knee jerk way some of them read out their corporate script with total lack of sincerity is nothing short of an art form.