Agreed with both you and parent commenter - the story comes across as almost apocryphal; a warning both that if it's too good to seem true, it probably is, and

Agreed with both you and parent commenter - the story comes across as almost apocryphal; a warning both that if it's too good to seem true, it probably is, and that one must always understand the work done and the tradeoffs involved (IE: don't fall asleep at the wheel)