I'm old. I was raised to try to treat people politely as we pass each other on the roads of life. I'm not from the south (of the US), but I call people (even yo

I'm old. I was raised to try to treat people politely as we pass each other on the roads of life. I'm not from the south (of the US), but I call people (even young people) "Sir", and "Ma'am". I've been called out once for "ma'am" because she didn't want to think of herself as being old enough to be called such. (that's a fair beef). Twice because I mis-gendered somebody. Once I got yelled at for 5 minutes because I opened/closed the passenger-side car-door. On a date! I support gender-equality, but it would also be super if we would just learn to be kind to one another, babies.