Again, its longer than five seconds. It takes less than a second to pick it up no matter what you're doing. Its called multitasking and a lot of people do it. You can still fight, heal, buff, cast a spell, or whatever and pick up an item at the same time. While it may be their loot they need to understand that there are assholes who will grab their stuff in a heartbeat simply because they'd rather steal everything than earn it themselves.