I’m not sure why I never really noticed this before (I haven’t been the the UK in a while tho. That may be it), but the brits are really polite. Almost annoyingly so. They’re very fond of Please and thank yous.
For example if you’re in a store they will ask for (example) 10 pounds please. Thank you. When you hand them money they say thank you a second time, and then again when they give you change. It’s disconcerting.

But also when they’re giving you bad news they’re so sincere. In the states you might hear some canned response like “Thank you for choosing Wal-Mart” or some such shit…and you know it’s just fakery and they don’t mean it, but in england it doesn’t matter what they’re saying – I just want to believe them cuz they’re saying it so nicely.
“I’m sorry, but we had to put your children down because they were a nuisance”. I’m so sorry. Thank you
Or
“I’m sorry, but I’m not going to have sex with you”.

Just two random examples, but ya gotta love the brits 🙂