This is something else that I've seen before and something else that I think is a total myth. If you think that American people like and respect success, I suggest you do a search for Donald Trump on Google - you'll find large numbers of people have little respect ... and there are more than a...
This one often crops up and I always wonder why. It seems to have acquired mythic status as the reality is very, very different. I would say the US is by some distance the worst country for customer service that I've been to.
You go into a shop and within seconds you have some gurning eejit...