David and Karla Calvert met four years ago working in the Dollar General Store warehouse in Scottsville.
Karla had only been working a few months when she started dating David in 1982. He had already worked there seven years. He was a forklift operator. Karla worked in receiving.
“When I saw him that first time, I fell in love right then.”
So did he. On their third date, he proposed. She accepted.
“The first night, he sent six red roses; the second night, six more; and on the third night came the proposal,” Carla said.
They’ve worked at the warehouse ever since. They share the 7 a.m. drive to work and the 3:30 p.m. drive home. David is a receiving supervisor and Karla is in shipping. But they don’t see each other during the day – not even at lunch.
“It’s probably better we don’t see each other during the day,” she said. “We might get jealous and stuff real easy if we did.”