The vast majority of us, at some point, have returned home to find a note from a tradesman explaining why he was unable to complete a particular task.

Whether it was due to the fact he couldn't access your property or needed to source particular tools in which to complete the job, few of us are strangers to the ups and downs of getting work done in our home.

But if Twitter thought it had heard it all by now, it was sorely mistaken, after one social media user shared a note a maintenance person had left at her home.

Uploading a photo of the message, Elie revealed that the reason the work was incomplete was because – wait for  it-  'black cat said no'.

Clearly in knots over the discovery, Ellie wrote: "Guys, maintenance tried to visit my house today and only left this on the door I'm crying."

And she's not alone.

The post, which was uploaded just two days ago has amassed almost 40,000 likes, with Twitter users insisting that 'black cat said no' will be their go-to excuse from now on.

Sharing photos of their own black cats looking decidedly put out by the suggestion that maintenance would want to carry out work, Twitter, in this instance, played an absolute blinder.

Feast your eyes here.