Never had a problem. I recall an incident where our Gp Capt escort officer had a injured foot and was hobbling around with a walking stick. He was conversing with a rather attractive lady at the bar and invited her to dance. He was whistling her around the dance floor sans stick completely oblivious of his injury. One of our stewards picked up the stick from by the bar, shouted, 'It's a miracle, it's and miracle' and promptly threw said stick into the swimming pool. I suggested the following morning that he should apologise to said gentleman. No repercussions, and indeed years later I reminded the Gp Capt of this incident and he said that he did in fact find it mildly amusing.
Reading between the lines, it seems to me that you did indeed "have a problem" by the very fact you "suggested" that the steward apologise for what was in fact a very amusing comment/action which caused no harm to anyone. This is obviously explained by one being a gentleman and t'other being a steward.
I also have experience of social intermingling between aircrew and groundcrew on Shack detachments where we all knew where to draw the line between a shared pint or two and "business as usual" next morning. I don't however recall having to apologise for a joke or some inter rank banter from the previous evening.