Ralphs turned picking up groceries into running a timeshare gauntlet just to collect side rent on their floor space. You walk in for milk and eggs, only to get cornered by third-party commission reps desperate to pitch home internet before you can even reach the produce section. Kroger pockets guaranteed kickbacks by leasing out aisle traffic, Spectrum buys captive foot traffic, and paying shoppers get treated like trapped leads. Moving past the kiosk with a flat "work pays for my fiber" shuts down their qualifying script before they can start.