Tips are about the dumbest American tradition I have seen. (Yes I know they exist world wide, but wayyyyy less commonly). So if I buy a $20 meal, I pay the wai

Tips are about the dumbest American tradition I have seen. (Yes I know they exist world wide, but wayyyyy less commonly). So if I buy a $20 meal, I pay the waiter $3 to take my order, go to the kitchen, tell the chefs, go pick up the order, put it on my table and later take my credit card when I flag him down to pay. This should be included in the price. But hey. Whatever. $3. Fine. Now when I go to a fancier restaurant and order the same amount of food, where the waiter does the exact same job of taking an order, putting it on the table and comes back later to take my credit card I suddenly have to pay him say $20? Why? How on earth has his job changed in any way shape or form to earn so much more money than the previous restaurant's waiter for the exact same amount of work? I really do not get it. If anything, the Chefs and Sous Chefs should be tipped and should earn more at fancier restaurants because food preparation there often takes longer, is a more intricate affair and often needs more skills and experience. Not the waiting staff.