Drivers needed!

   Well, it's getting to be that time of year again.  The giveaway lists are building already & recruiters are going CRAZY trying to find drivers.  Unfortunately for them, they finally have their work cut out for them.
So far, within the last few months I've heard from carriers I looked into signing up with as much as three years ago!  I've been offered jobs from several places.  Another friend was offered a job at every agent he stopped at on a trip from Va to Southern Cal..  He told me an agent in El Cajon has no idea where he's going to put tonnage because,  in his words, 'No one is going to want to haul this junk...' ALREADY?!?  It's not quite May 1st yet...  He has an absolute right to worry and wonder because he is right.   My advice to him - Don't do it! Don't do it to yourself, your company, and your help!  It's stupid.  If the carriers want to overbook junk tonnage, let the carriers come pick it up off the street and bring it back to their cubicle and store it until they can sucker some greenhorn to take it!  We as drivers and small agents have a HUGE advantage right now people, let's not pass this oppurtunity up.  It's economics 101 - Supply and demand.
Drivers have never been in such high demand.  Now that finally it's being realized, even in the offices finally, that without drivers, there is no moving company.  Without the guys at the bottom, nothing gets done, nothing.  I'm actually interested about what this summer can bring.  I'm thinking hopefully we can throw alittle bit of OUR weight around now!  Tired of dispatchers and operations managers with their panties a little too tight??  You should be!  We are the slaves of today.  We do work noone else will do and we are doing it for free...  Slaves - sad to say in this day and age.  Let's take advantage of this oppurtunity..  Input from anyone would be good...  I know SOMEONE has to agree with me!?!  Let the salesman who books a 70% discount pick up the shipments - don't haul them!  How quick do you REALLY think it could change if NO driver will touch it?  Newsflash - if he doesn't get paid, if the job doesn't come out of the house.  They may fire the first guy that tries it, but when noone hauls it - what are they going to do?  Go into June with no drivers!?!  Let's get this together!  I want to make money.......