2007/04/11 New York
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Hard to get

Hidden expectations

Back in 2003 I acted in a commercial for the phonebook. (We are speaking about Dutch television here.) The financial rewards were sufficient to convince me that I should sacrifice two days of writing for a commercial, but that’s not what is important now.
For one of my columns I wrote a letter to the assistant director of this commercial, a man named Dirk Achten. (This column consists of letters to all kind of people, sometimes even dead people.)
Four years later my publishing house got a phone call from Mr. Achten. He was going to New York and he suggested we meet for a cup of coffee.
I don’t like playing hard to get, so tonight we met for a cup of tea.
Even now I’m not sure what Mr. Achten expected. Did he hope for love, friendship, a serious talk about the war, any war?
I left after one hour and I pray I didn’t disappoint my old acquaintance.
I hate to disappoint people.


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I found your participation in the phonebook-commercial Warholianly cool. It helped enigmify you. I'm still waiting for your appearance in a Postbank commercial.

said tess molenaar 11/04/2007 09:15 • x
The version of the commercial in which the girl said "I feel pitty for Harry Mulisch", after which you replied "Harry Who ?" was one of my favorits. I wonder why they only broadcasted it a few days.
said Herman Hartmann 11/04/2007 10:33 • x
Disappoint
The feeling is familiar to me. And even more, when I am going to meet an acquaintance or a friend I ,by preference, want to know the time to come and go, what to do and even the subject we are going to talk about.
said Jan Thys 11/04/2007 11:28 • x
To disappoint is easy, sometimes it is the only way.
said Dens Powells 11/04/2007 12:28 • x
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