Absolutely. But respect looks a lot different for each type of tool. For example:

• use it for its intended purpose - e.g. don’t use a hammer to break up rocks, that’ll just break your hammer
• maintain it - lube mechanical parts, clean anything that interacts with dirt, etc
• replace when worn
• keep tools organized

Thanking my hammer isn’t showing respect, putting it away when I’m done and using it only for intended uses does.

For an LLM, showing it respect is keeping queries direct so it doesn’t spend unnecessary resources trying to understand what you want. Thanking it does absolutely nothing.