AIBU? Will I get the sack?

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I work as a PA. I invited the wrong person to a meeting, that is happening in 3 weeks time. The surnames different by 1 letter.

the PA of this person, forwarded on to the correct one, and in that time I also realised the mistake - within 3 minutes, so I sent to the correct one and removing the right one.

my manager messaged me saying ‘I think you’ve invited the wrong x to the meeting on the 16th!’

I replied ‘Sorry, I did notice straight away and changed it. Their names are so similar! - as for the other meeting on that date, I was told we couldn’t do it in person and would need to be virtual but we thought maybe the follow up could be in person.’ and she said “let’s discuss tomorrow”

because the invite didn’t update the names correctly, I’m worried she thinks I’m a liar and she wants to discuss this tomorrow, I feel sick.

I suffer with anxiety and OCD and I never want to do wrong, she called me a superstar on Friday and I got an excellent rating last year.

I HATE MISTAKES AND IM WORRIED! It’s making me not want to go in tomorrow 😢

I had a popular not common 😀 name with a HR director in my old company. We put regular updates on intranet but I used to get confident mis sent emails all the time

their PA sorted them. I stopped reading and sent on. No drama whatsoever

my old boss used to say to us ‘talk to me tomorrow’ as he was a lazy feck who liked an early dart nothing more than that

This and you made a human error.
No one is exempt from that

People make mistakes, cut yourself some slack. I have the same surname as an HR director and have in the past been sent all clocking in/out records, and details of who was being called in for a telling off, and, worse than that, received the salary/bonus file for my entire 150 person department listing their salary, performance rating, comments on performance and whether they were a flight risk.

As others have said, the discussion tomorrow is surely about your suggestion of a virtual meeting and in-person follow up. Don’t stress!

OP I’m 95% sure she wants to discuss the meeting happening virtually vs. in person, not the name. This happens all the time in my work place, big global company with extremely type A personalities - you are fine, breath :)

I think it’s the ‘let’s discuss tomorrow’ comment which has spiked your anxiety rather than the mistake you’ve made. And a very easy, fixable mistake too.

im a PA as well, and this is similar to a message exchange I would have with my boss. I’d be busy working away, completing a task and could make a small mistake. Boss would mention it just for his own clarity, and I’d over explain what had happened. Ultimately, he doesn’t really care or need to know the details as he’s busy himself and doesn’t want to have a pointless message exchange about it, so wouldn’t feel the need to comment about it there and then, but would add it to the topics of discussion next time I see him.

Youve stated what’s happened and you’ve fixed it, there is nothing more you could have done.
Busy boss is just sharp and direct with response making it feel like a bigger deal than it actually is

That's reassuring, we don't want people like that out in the general population, best they stay where they are.

Thanks everyone! - she didn’t even mention it