A waitress discovers an unknown illness infecting the food industry and attempts to spread awareness along with the cure. If there were ever a time to recommend a special of the day, this book is the red, white, and blue-plate special Americans want to order. This diary reveals the cause, diagnosis, and remedy for "VIP Syndrome," a condition coined by the author as a food server's greatest occupational hazard. Learn the symptoms of VIP Syndrome, avoid becoming infected, and discover how to cure it. Read about a former president, a CEO of an online shoe company, and others who suffer from this illness. Feed your curiosity with this prescriptive non-fiction that uses food, film, and folly to explain today's cultural influences and how they impact the food and hospitality industry like a virus. Do you suffer from VIP Syndrome or know someone who does? This book provides medicinal food for thought with a side of humor, as laughter is the best medicine. Please accept this invitation to indulge in a smorgasbord of information and intrigue that will whet your appetite and provide edifying satisfaction. Gain a better perspective on life and leisure by experiencing dining from both sides of the table in a society that has become so polarized. Opening this diary guarantees a reserved seat at a table where enlightened dining is practiced. Enlightened dining may just become a permanent item on the menu and bake into the American psyche as enlightened living. So let's "make life a piece of cake" by serving up DIARY OF A LAS VEGAS WAITRESS. Make life a piece of cake(tm)