I made a mistake today, completely unintentionally. When I realized it I apologized, but got yelled at even so.
They had been putting effort into satisfying a quest, but so had I, returning over and over to the eggplant which wasn't being watered. This time I saw a group of about 5 people around it. There was no local chat, so I thought they had tried to harvest the last egg and failed, and were watching to see who would get it. I got the last egg.
Someone said something snarky and I realized what happened. I apologized, explained that I'd been trying too, but didn't know they were teaming up to do it together.
Sorry everyone. Honestly, I feel like shit now, and your friend's insistence that I intentionally griefed you guys hurt me more than I hurt any of you.
Guess I'll go eat worms.
edit: apparently I didn't explain well enough that I'm apologizing to the others in the group who left before I realized my mistake and apologized ingame.