Over the years, I've often scanned my colleagues’ half-blank birthday cards as they landed on my desk, reading the wishes for inspiration and trying to out humour them. Then, to realise that I don't actually know the person and that my written wish will just have to fall back on a 'Happy Birthday – you're looking great'.
For those employers who insisted that each employee’s birthday gets a surprise celebration, I've actively tried to hide my birthday. How can it be a surprise for each person? You know when the phone call is about to come when the office starts to empty in unison and your colleagues gather for the obligatory ten minute dry cake eating contest.
How does everyone paint that same surprised look upon their face when they walk in the room? I just can't do it. It similar to the same unified answer, ‘I’ve got no change’ when the birthday envelope does the rounds.
Today, my birthday wishes for Fin and my friends here could not have been any warmer. The cake could not have tasted sweeter. At six years old, Fin is at a new stage of its life - we started out as a Production Company on the Southbank and we are now known as a Production Agency in Soho square, working for some the UK's most enviable brands. Over the next year, I aim for Fin to be increasingly known for its quality of work and values.
I suppose the next cake will have to be even better - but who bakes a better cake than Patisserie Valerie?
Happy 6th Birthday Fin
Happy 6th Birthday Fin
Written by Andrew Newman (I'm holding the cake)
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