This week one of my coworkers introduced me to one of his new favorite work phrases "Curtain in the Hot Box". Of course, I had no idea what it meant initially, so he explained it to me. I'll do the same for you.
A hot box is basically a big low temp (roughly 200 degree) oven. We use it because some of our raw materials are like asphalt at room temp. They are heated in the hot box, then they become liquid enough to be used. A garage type door is used to access them. A door to one of our hotboxes failed not too long ago. It came off the track and got bent when it crashed to the ground. Thankfully no one was hurt.
Immediately plans were made to have the door repaired with an ETA of five business days. One of uppity ups said that wouldn't work, we use that hot box every day, and we must have a work around before then. Another department spent no small amount of time coming up with a temporary fix. I was told that the door was actually repaired in 2 days, and that as far as this person could tell- that hot box was never used either day.
"Curtain in the hot box" describes any situation in which someone without the necessary expertise butts in on a situation and unnecessarily adds more work to a team that does.
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