Do Japanese people ever use ”あのひと” when referring to someone sitting nearby? I was teaching English to a student in a cafe and there were these Japanese women sitting at the table next to us. They looked young and gossipy, but I ignored them. When my student went left the table to go buy a drink, I overheard one of the women say: "ひどいあのひと”. I know that means "that person is terrible". I don't know why she would be saying that about me as we are perfect strangers, but it could have been a cultural misunderstanding? Maybe she thought that I was either: A. Cheap because I didn't offer to buy my student a drink as she went off on her own to buy one? B. Assumed I'm just teaching English to Japanese women with the intention of sleeping with them? I could be totally wrong and she could have been talking about someone entirely different, but the vibe she put out was really unfriendly and the air was quiet just before and after she said this. She was also kind of glancing my way, which I found to be totally rude...