Vegetable Vendors at the Grocery Store

There are a lot of things in the Philippines I do not and never will understand. One of those things is a grocery store, in this case Robinson's, allowing vendors to sell their vegetables on the steps of the store.

Look at these people.  They are simply in the way. In the last picture the vendor is leaning on someone's car! And in the picture before that the produce is in the of any car who wants to park!   Why does the management allow this?

Well it turns out they don't! I asked them about these vendors and they said they have been told to not come around but they cannot be controlled. They were told to go away but they keep coming back.  So what good are the security guards??

I think if Robinsons really wanted these people to leave they would make sure they left. It's not that hard to make unwanted people leave.