The boss also treats Charlie like a mule, beating him with a stick to get him to move faster.

When the boss opts to take a shortcut up a steep hill, the out-of-control cart descends and is nearly hit by an oncoming streetcar.

Meanwhile, the short-tempered homeowner is contending with the threat of an exploding stove and an amorous French visitor who is making passes at his wife.

An enraged Charlie gives the Frenchman, his boss, and the homeowner each a face full of paste.

A reviewer from Bioscope praised Work, noting, "The humor is designed to rise in a long crescendo of screams to a climax of roars.