An interviewer went online and said they passed on a candidate for bringing an iced coffee to the interview. The internet split in half. Adrienne's gut said absolutely not, and then she had to figure out why.

Adrienne and Emily get into #icedcoffeegate26 and the professionalism rules most of us picked up without ever deciding we believed them.

What they cover:

• Why Adrienne would still tell you to skip the iced coffee, and how her reason changed once she questioned her first reaction
• The rule Adrienne uses for interviews, sales pitches, investor meetings, and keynotes: don't let anything distract from your goal in that room
• Where so many professionalism rules come from, and why Emily thinks Gen Z deserves some slack
• A rapid fire round on baseball hats, AirPods, phones on the table, eating on Zoom, cameras off, shorts at the office, lowercase emails, and swearing in client meetings
• Why a sip of water can help you in an interview, and why Emily would turn down the free coffee
• The question to ask about any rule in your business: is this what I believe, or something I adopted without thinking about it?

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Time Chapters
00:00 Welcome and the early release Monday mystery
04:05 Iced coffee gate 2026
09:25 The real problem is the distraction
14:05 Who made these rules anyway?
18:40* Rapid fire: professional or who cares?
22:50* Water, free coffee, and the double-double
27:00 Question the rules you inherited