I'm not sure if Orinda standing on her crate is a glitch, but D had this blurb in their Sept. 30 Test Release Notes:
Townsfolk and enemies now notice players and react accordingly.
I couldn't find the Open release notes for that though. It may have been an oversight on D's part.
But many of the NPC's do show reactions now. One of the PDF gypsy tonic sellers yawned at me yesterday.
I've seen waves, fear, agression, the yawn and one I think of as "C'mon...you want a piece of me?" (from red level enemies).