THIENSVILLE — Mike Wolff has been delivering mail for so long, he’s witnessed newlyweds become grandparents, seen the full implementation of the IMb barcode and recalls when Mequon and Port Washington roads were each two lanes surrounded by gas stations, vacant lots and just a few buildings here and there.
“You see people having kids and then those kids grow up and they have kids,” he told the News Graphic. “When you’re in the same spot for all these years, it’s just a huge time capsule.”
Forty-four years and over 5 million stops later, Wolff is heading out today in his Grumman Long Life Vehicle one last time.
Wolff was 22 years old when hired by the Thiensville Post Office on Dec. 27, 1980, joking that his mother was so happy that he had health insurance for the first time. He spent the majority of his time out of the office as one of the younger employees, an aspect of the job he enjoyed very much.
