A Worker is making aerosol cans on a Tayloresque factory floor.

The routine of his job is wrecked when an ant crawls into his machine. The game of cat and mouse, fuelled by paranoia and hatred, begins and ultimately ends with the destruction of the machine that provides the Worker's livelihood.

The ant, feeling guilty, tries to help reconstruct the machine. From this moment, the Worker begins to realise that there is more to being human than his life to that point has lead him to believe.