Today I bought some drowsing rods. I was transferring them to my inventory and ctrl-clicked instead of shift-clicked the item by mistake. I was freaking out because they were right beside a barrel. I thought I wouldn't be able to pick them up. But after a few tried I was successful. I was lucky.
This is obviously a bug. If an item is on the ground next to a structure or something else, as long as it isn't under or blocked by that object, one should be able to pick it up.
I haven't seen a bug report on this, so thought I would bring it up. I'm sure most everyone is aware of it, but it needs to be fixed.
Thanks