When manners count

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One of my friends posted a funny video about saying yes ma'am in the south. It started making me think about how we were raised and the things you better do as far as manners go, at least in our house. These are some of the manners we were taught: When an adult is talking to you, you always answered with yes ma'am or no ma'am or if speaking to a men it was yes sir or no sir. To just say yea or no was considered being disrespectful. All your Aunt's and Uncle's carried the title of aunt or uncle when speaking to them. We did not call an adult by just their first name, if you used their first name then you said miss or mister before their name. We also had strict table manners, don't put your elbows on the table, chew with you mouth closed, clean what's on your plate and lastly, you could not leave the table until you were excused. One of the things that I was taught growing up was holding the door for someone. this one I still do all the time. Even after all these years, I still do most of these things. If you wonder why we do all these things, well in the South, we like to call it showing respect for others. What are some of the things you were taught while growing up and do you still do them?