Amblestopper

An amblestopper is a person, often trailing a rollalong and talking on a mobile phone, who ambles around a station or other public space, periodically stopping for no reason. Classic amblestopper behaviour includes suddenly stepping out in front of someone who is walking purposefully and ambling in front of them, or meandering form side to side in order to occupy as much as possible of the available width of the walkway. Amblestoppers sometimes work in pairs, talking loudly as the amble, again spaced to maximise their opccupancy of the available space.