First time we docked our new-to-us boat was at a marina where we were over-nighting when we were bringing her home. Of course there was a bunch of power-boaters at the end of the row of slips opposite of where we were to tie up. We yelled-out "New boat! First time!" and two of 'em rushed down and back up to our side to give us a hand. When we succeeded in getting lines around a pair of pilings, the others, watching from the other side, all good-naturedly cheered, applauded and yelled-out things like "Well done!" I stood on the foredeck and bowed
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As for docking, now, in our home slip: We're too busy making sure we get her in as cleanly as possible, w/o damaging anything, to worry about whether anybody's watching. It's easier for us than many, being as our slip is at the end of a canal. Unless there's wind pushing her around, it's just the boats motion we have to deal with. So slow and easy is the order of the day.
Jim