Expressions of interest

Don't you just love it when people express an interest in you?  It can be at a casual social gathering, on a blind date, or applying for a job, and people always say the same thing:  "I/We are very interested in you."  Only problem is, far too many times those expressions of interest go no where.  For example:  let's say your friend sets you up on a blind date.  The date shows up and you and he/she hit it off.  You think things are going well, you part company and he/she expresses an interest in seeing you again (you know where this is going).  Yup.  Nothing.  You sit and wonder what went wrong.  Did you say something he/she didn't like?  Did your deoderant give out at an important moment, or did you blink at the wrong time?  Maybe you had something stuck between your teeth and didn't know it.  Who can really say what it is that puts the other person off, but put off he/she is.  The same goes at a casual social affair (and I don't mean the kind you might think I mean, though that is also a possibility), you are having a pleasant conversation at the newest exhibition at a gallery, or meet up with friends at a concert where they kind of introduce you to an acquaintance of a friend and you and that person have a pleasant conversation (at least you think it's pleasant - though you aren't quite sure what he/she is really talking about because that person is using some obscure reference point on art/music/whatever that makes no sense to you whatsoever), then he/she expresses an interest in having coffee sometime so the two of you can continue the conversation.  Of course nothing happens.  IF you should happen to meet these individuals again they will either act like they meant to get in touch but lost your (fill in the blank here) and couldn't, or act as if they have no recollection of ever expressing an interest in the first place.  The corporate world is not immune to this either.  I've had a number of organizations express an interest in me and my resume, and then nothing.  It's actually getting to be quite boring and a person starts to wish the companies in question wouldn't bother contacting you so you can move on to the next organization on your list, hoping that you will actually get an interview out of the "expression of interest".  Having said that, there is no guarantee that the interview will actually produce a job, but that's another topic for another time.  Until next time.