Man saved from garbage truck after call

A man who awoke inside a garbage truck that was about to compact its load was rescued after making a frantic cell phone call to police, authorities say.

The man, who is unemployed but not homeless, was scavenging for bottles Thursday when he fell asleep in a Dumpster, said police Lt. Mike Pousak. He awoke when the container was unloaded into a truck.

I have a few questions about this article. I understand scavenging for bottles in the dumpster, I guess, but I've never resorted to such behavior when my financial situation was going well enough for me to maintain a cell phone. Maybe that's just me.

I also don't understand how someone can just fall asleep in a dumpster. It doesn't say that he is narcoleptic, just that he fell asleep. I can sleep just about anywhere, but even when the twins were babies I never even came close to dozing off in a dumpster. What's going on here?

I'm glad he was OK, and that they were able to find him. I imagine that would definitely qualify as a "rude awakening."

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