The one way aisles were the idiotic collective brainchild of the “well we have to do something” mindset. There was never an iota of logic behind them and nobody paid any attention to them.
You’re right “well, we have to do something.” That’s why we have to wear masks. We have the one-way errors, I mean, arrows at the supermarket where I shop. I seem to be one of the few that follows them.
I recognize that they are meaningless, but, for the sake of comity, I comply.