Ambien users are reporting bizarre nighttime behavior after taking the sleep aid.

Notthat long ago, before the news stories about people sleep-driving and sleep-working started hitting the news, my boss told me that he often takes Ambien. He does a lot of international traveling and he uses it to fight jet lag. He's also the same boss who will have a 15 minute conversation, the primary topic being updates on the progress of a project, and then say "Ok, can you send me an e-mail restating what you just said?"

Usually I am not a bad communicator. I have two degrees in communication. My grad degree from a top-ranked private university. I know how to communicate effectively so as to get my point across clearly and concisely. Because of that I always assumed my boss either had no command of the english language, or was very full of himself. Now I am reevaluating my original evaluation.

I can just blame it on him being an Ambien user. Say it out loud: "Ambien user." Sounds dirty, doesn't it? It rolls off the tongue, like "crack head" or "coke whore". Now, to be clear, I'm not saying that my boss is a bad person or any kind of drug addict. I'm just saying that the term "Ambien user" could be the next 60 minutes buzz word or after-school special topic.