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In some places using formality like that is intentionally very disrespectful. Though it often can be used similarly for high respect. Thus leading to people like me who would call Angela Davis "Dr Davis" out of respect, but also would call Elon "Mr Musk" but I'd use a more customer service style voice for him.
I'm Canadian so I'm not sure how it comes across to other cultures but from my perspective it's a bit too polite. Mr cockroach sounds a bit more like it.
Yeah I suspect it comes from customer service. It's very much a "sir you're making a scene" vibe rather than a "yes sir" vibe. It's more respectful here to assume someone can handle being treated as an equal without being an asshole about it.