What are the repercussions of the complaint? It should be sorted to everyone's satisfaction and all parties can move on.
People can be very quick to complain and some are rather unforgiving. Please forgive yourself and move on. A different person may not have complained. We're all fallible, your colleague is right, learn from it but let it go - and then you'll grow.
Is this behaviour appropriate.
how are schools handling students who memorize books but can't actually decode
