Might as well burn that bridge all the way down to the pilings
It's not that hard to have a misstep. In fact, if you interact with enough people, it's certain that you will.
Sometimes, if we're quite lucky, when we get it wrong, the person we wronged will politely point it out to us.
At this point, we have a choice. We can elegantly (and with gratitude) make things right, which often builds a better bridge than we could ever hope for...
Or, in frustration, embarassment and a bit of pique, we can choose to make things worse.