Imagine a dump truck on fire. The garbage in the truck is, whether by accident or on purpose, on fire. The fire can be put out but not until the driver stops. Now imagine they won't stop the truck. In use, it describes a failure in leadership to address a serious problem within an organization, because to do so would mean haulting usual operation.
"The fact that our factory keeps producing vibrators with standard hardware, despite the blue prints calling for metric, is a real Dump Truck Fire!"
by Darwinsdragon April 3, 2024
Get the Dump Truck Firemug. When you say “what starts with F and ends with CK” and then dad starts to get upset at you and then you tell him that it’s fire truck
by Fantastic Shortstop August 20, 2021
Get the fire truckmug.