When a postal inspector came to investigate the complaints against Faulkner in 1924, the budding author agreed to resign, but only after writing a resignation letter that read, "As long as I live under the capitalistic system, I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. He was notorious for losing letters, even throwing mail away, and not being at the desk when customers came to buy stamps-and he'd give them an attitude like they were interrupting his work by asking him to do his job. He closed the post office whenever he felt like leaving and opened it when he felt like showing up. Most of his time as a postmaster was spent playing cards, writing poems, or drinking. He found the job tedious, boring, and uninspiring-an attitude he didn't even try to hide while at work. Starting in the spring of 1922, Faulkner worked as the postmaster at the University of Mississippi. He may be one of the great American writers, but he was also one of the worst postmasters of his time.
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