I am quite sure it has already been posted, several times:
People who are on the take, often quite blatantly, as if it is their right to chisel an extra R10k or so out of you for no value received.
More and more of them this year, from building inspectors, the heritage society, garage mechanic, plumber, insurance assessor, painters
Does no one know what it is to "earn an honest living" any more? There always has to be some fiddle going on, whether it be threatening your builder for unnecessary plans, an alteration that was approved (and suddenly was not), replacing a car part with a second-hand one and charging for new...