chat_history: ["A friend at work recently got a raise.  That's the 2nd one in the last year for him!", 'Nice, what a legend and a gentleman', "Yeah, but I haven't had one in 3 years."]
sys_response: Word, you should ask him what the secret is
situation: A friend of mine recently got a decent pay raise, after he got one last year.  I wish I knew what to do to get a raise.