What does a Japanese person mean when they say 「熱い、熱い!」 in the following situation?


I was looking through an article of _The Japan Times_ and the comments on it.
There was this one comment that caught my attention. The commentator was
talking about a popular sports club and gym in Toukyou (Tokyo) that he goes to
and he apparently has to put up with bad attitudes from the members and the
staff. He followed it up with a timeline of a typical visit to the gym in
question, and the part relevant to my question is as follows:

> 3:00 pm: I check in at the front desk and go into the locker room to change
> into gym clothes. Being early afternoon, the entire locker room is pretty
> much empty, so I choose a vacant locker in the corner. As I am in the middle
> of changing, another guy comes in, looks at me and loudly utters, “atsui,
> atsui!” (it’s really hot!) in Japanese. Then, despite the whole place being
> empty, he selects the locker right next to mine while pinning me in the
> corner. I finish changing and leave.

As you can see, the commentator romanized 「熱い、熱い!」 into “Atsui, atsui!” and
translated it as “It’s really hot!”

But I don’t understand. What did the guy mean when he said that? I get the
feeling that he wasn’t talking about the weather.




I am pretty sure that he was talking about the weather. Simply, it was a hot
day, and early afternoon is the hottest time of a day. The correct kanji is
暑い. I don't know his intention, but maybe he was trying to draw the author's
attention by saying it.




I am pretty sure that he was talking about the weather. Simply, it was a hot
day, and early afternoon is the hottest time of a day. The correct kanji is
暑い. I don't know his intention, but maybe he was trying to draw the author's
attention by saying it.

