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Had a similar thing happen to my then-early-20s girlfriend and I when we were out at a bar/bowling alley place for drinks with her coworkers. She was sitting at a high-top table and I was standing behind/next to her, and would occasionally grab the back of her chair and rock it a bit making her miss the straw when she went to sip her drink.
At some point a drunk-ish older lady got up in my face and said something like "Hey, leave that girl alone! Didn't your mother teach you any manners??" obviously thinking I was some rando drunk kid harassing a stranger.
I'm pretty sure we had the exact reaction as the people in OP's story! And to her credit, even being a bit drunk, she was sincerely apologetic, and made it clear she was just looking out for a sister. It did make me a little more self-conscious about teasing my GF in public, but I hope that lady wasn't too embarrassed to call people out in the future.