How do we as a society decide what classifies as going above and beyond?

I’ve heard a lot of people say “omg he emptied the dishwasher today he really is the best!” but to me, that’s bare minimum. However, what classifies as bare minimum and what classifies as above and beyond? Because everything I think of should just be bare minimum. But then we can’t not praise people who do the stuff regular people don’t because then they may not do it, but why should we praise them for doing the bare minimum?

Does this make sense? I hope someone gets it at least lol