How did Bill and Melinda Gates meet?

Bill and Melinda Gates met while both were working at Microsoft. Melinda was a receptionist and Bill was the CEO. Bill noticed her around the office and decided to ask her out, first calling her on the internal company phone. Initially, she turned him down, finding his proposed date more than three weeks in advance not spontaneous enough. However, Bill called back 30 minutes later and invited her out for that very afternoon, which impressed her and led to them going on a date 1 2.