Searchandizing? I cannot decipher that.

Ha! The Four Tops use of "reach out" is exactly my problem with it being used by every corporate PR person: it strikes me as implying a level of emotion and even intimacy (or potential thereof) that "contact" doesn't. (Otherwise the song would be "Contact me; I'll be there.") (And now I'm thinking about Blondie's "Call Me.")

I am going to draw the "threads" together and say one of my peeves is when people use midrift instead of midriff. No bare midrifts!

"whoa" is spelled "woah"

I really think of those as two different words!

Me too! "woah" is what Keanu says.

"Reach out, reach out and touch someone..." I don't remember what that's from. Phone company ad?

See, that use, too, implies emotion/intimacy. I just don't think that's the correct connotation when the PR department of Widgets Inc. talks about trying to get ahold of someone on the phone.

"Leaning in" is usually said by female managers who are trying to encourage their female employees to sacrifice a notion of work/life balance and personal time. Because the workplace would be perfect if all the women took on more work and proved they were goal-oriented go-getters. My horrible ex-boss/Dolores Umbridge clone loved the idea of "leaning in". For her employees, not for her.

"Leaning in" is usually said by female managers who are trying to encourage their female employees to sacrifice a notion of work/life balance and personal time.

I gather they are taking this from Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In". I don't think I managed to finish reading the whole thing.

See, that use, too, implies emotion/intimacy. I just don't think that's the correct connotation when the PR department of Widgets Inc. talks about trying to get ahold of someone on the phone.

That distinction works for me. But it makes me think your friend thanking you for reaching out to her would be using it correctly.

Me too! "woah" is what Keanu says.

I have heard people say that before and I don't get it. Keanu says "whoa" just like I do.

I gather they are taking this from Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In".

Yep!

I don't think I managed to finish reading the whole thing.

I passed on reading it when it was being handed around the office at my last job, because I knew it would make me furious.

Speaking of my previous job and their ... unique approach to employees, I found out through the grapevine that anyone slightly outside of corporate America business casual has been subtly encouraged to change their appearance, or has been "performance managed" out.