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More like "nice-in-quotation-marks". Maybe "polite" would have been a better word. They smile bigger -- exaggerated and insincere. They try to satisfy whatever you're wanting so they can conclude the interaction as quickly as possible. They keep an air of superior self-righteousness while being nice... defensively.
Mind you, I do even put "polite" in quotes on purpose. The more stuck-up folks can very "politely" cut you straight off at the knees in a way that preserves some semblance of plausible deniability where poorer folks (on average, very much a generalization) may be more real/authentic in general and can be more direct about calling you an asshole.
Mind you, this friend of mine who made this observation didn't say any of what I said in this comment. That's just my own editorializing.