Walter....
You may be right. In using the, definition of "WORK" to mean application of energy over time, my thought process went this way:
If I apply X amount of energy to move one brick one foot, I've accomplished Y amount of work.
If I apply that same amount of energy per brick to move 10 bricks the same distance, then I figure I've done 10 times that amount of work.....but it took me 10 times the amount of time to do that.
Problem with that line of thinking is that I might have elected to move all 10 bricks at the same time, which makes your argument and defeats mine.
Webster's unabridged dictionary has 45 different definitions for the word, "WORK", with numerous subdefinitions !
Gordy