just bc everyone is calling you insane: you are being extremely reasonable.
There's a term for the bizarre behavior and thought processes (read: justification) by the person you're responding to. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_psychosis>
> you are being extremely reasonable
They're not. If there's nothing wrong with it, one could ask whether the person here would be okay sitting in a room with their supervisor, the head of the company, and 10 customers, say the same things they're saying here, and get a consensus that this is how this should all work out.
It's a reasonable request given the unreasonable nature of my working conditions, a thing I have no power to change.
> One of these will allow you to[…] get a raise
> given the unreasonable nature of my working conditions, a thing I have no power to change
You know that there are people who experience actual hardship, right?