Memorial Day 2011

I do not understand the process of receiving Communion at my hometown parish. I have been going to this church for 26 years (excluding the times I lived in other parts of the country or world), and I've received Communion there for 20 years (...good Lord, that's a long time). But I still cannot figure out how this church does it because you have people processing from the back, and you've got processions up the front, and people cutting in across pews...it's like people go in there and they forgot how to form proper lines or something. My dad cut across like, three pews, to make sure he got into the priest's line because he has this thing about only receiving Communion from an ordained priest. By the time he got back, our pew's section was still waiting for our turn in one of the other lines.
Dad: See, you should have just followed me. Two priests, no waiting.
Me: ...:-P
(No offense to any Eucharistic ministers out there but my dad just goes to priests for Communion. He doesn't care if the priest is young, old, black, white, or even male or female. They just have to be an ordained priest in the Catholic Church. No deacons, no lay ministers, nada. If he were at a Mass being celebrated by the pope, then he'd try to get into the pope's line for Communion because hey, the pope outranks these other guys, amirite? Let's just say it's a pre-Vatican II thing, okay? Yes, that sounds right).
Also, I am aware that "Eucharistic minister" is technically the incorrect term but I refuse to use the correct term of "extraordinary minister" because frankly, that just sounds stupid).

And on a somewhat related note, Happy Memorial Day (since it's Memorial Day in the U.S.) and thank you to all service men and women. It's because of them that not only can I go to whatever church I want to (if I want to), but I can then feel comfortable criticizing the parish's lack of organization when it comes to Communion lines.
So, happy Memorial Day.