It's assuming an inner-circle social relationship where not only none exists, but furthermore neither party likes the other — from your perspective. (I suspect

It's assuming an inner-circle social relationship where not only none exists, but furthermore neither party likes the other — from your perspective. (I suspect the Slack team thinks they like you, even if you're of the opinion that they don't.) It's the same as if the school principal who nobody really likes comes to you and says "Hey buddy, got a minute to chat?". Or a police officer (nuance differs per country here).