On a recent Friday afternoon, Candace Alexander was back at the Driver Services Center on Bonny Oaks Drive for the second time in a day. She’d spent the day going back and forth between the center and the Social Security Administration with two sick children in tow.
And, predictably, the line at the driver center was long. But boring? Not today.
That’s because Ben Schnell and Shawnessey Cargile were there, too, with a different purpose: to make people’s waits more fun. They came with hot chocolate, crossword puzzles and the materials to build a small putt-putt course.
“Hot chocolate while you wait?” Cargile asked as he passed out full cups.
Schnell put on a wild, spiky wig, unpacked scissors and cardboard boxes, and began fashioning obstacles for the putt-putt course. This was Schnell’s second time at the driver center performing what he calls a “random act of pure joy.”