Retirement Message Generator: Card Wishes for a Colleague

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1. Margaret, thank you for six years of steady, generous management and for teaching me how to actually read a balance sheet instead of just nodding at it. I'll think of you every time a column finally adds up. Enjoy every bit of that sail around the Greek islands. 2. Six years as my manager, and not once did the biscuit drawer run empty — that is leadership. Thank you for keeping both the team and the snacks in good order. May the Greek islands be as welcoming as your office always was. 3. Dear Margaret, thank you for the patience it must have taken to turn me into someone who understands a balance sheet. You explained it until it made sense and never made me feel small for asking. Fair winds and calm seas as you set off around the Greek islands. 4. Thank you, Margaret, for being the kind of manager who kept a drawer full of biscuits and a door that was always open. Both got me through some long weeks. I hope the Greek islands offer you plenty of sunshine and a good place to drop anchor. 5. Margaret, I'm quietly worried about who will stock the biscuit drawer now, but mostly I'm grateful for six years of your guidance and good humour. You taught me to read the numbers and to look after the people behind them. Enjoy the sailing — the Greek islands are lucky to have you.