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Germans do not tip waiters.Yes and that, plus the fact that most restaurant workers do NOT want to change the system, is why the USA is pretty unique in the system we have. Maybe entirely unique. I don't know as I never researched it.
But a competent server who makes the dining experience pleasant and enjoyable for the customers can make out like bandits with tips. In a top tier popular restaurant, a good server can net several hundred dollars in tips in a single shift. The less competent, surly, don't give a damn types don't do nearly as well nor should they. There are usually far more good ones than the others though.
But tipping does keep the restaurant costs for the food down sufficiently that most of us can afford to eat out now and then even if we do tip the server generously. Places like assisted living facilities that don't allow tipping of the dining room workers have a much harder time finding and hiring good people to work.