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Transfer window: Did your househelp flake on you?

Transfer window: Did your maid househelp flake on you? (Photo: iStock)

A WhatsApp message from a househelp informing her employer that she wouldn't be returning after the holidays because she had gotten married - and, ironically, was now looking for a house help herself - has gone viral on social media.

The story has struck a chord with many who have had similar experiences of the unpredictability of domestic managers in a month that is supposed to be about new beginnings.

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