The time has come for the establishment of two separate vehicle waiting lines for the Chappy Ferry. Maybe even three or four. Depending on the importance or reason for using the Chappy Ferry, you should get to go ahead of others.

As you know, emergency vehicles have always been provided with immediate service. We can all agree that heart attacks and house fires need to be taken care of quickly and we really shouldn’t mind waiting when our neighbors are in distress.

Here are a few examples, in no particular order, of perceived priorities that Chappaquiddickers have mentioned to me. Sometimes they were thoughtfully proposed. At other times they were communicated by shouting. All we have to do is put them in the proper order. Then we’ll figure out how many individual lines are required.

Someone who just needs to zip up to the store and will be right back shouldn’t have to wait as long as someone who will be over there all day.

The folks who live here all of the time should get to go ahead of everyone else.

People who are on vacation and paid big bucks for their rental should get to spend as much time in that rental as possible — and not be wasting time waiting to get there.

Shoppers returning from the grocery store with ice cream.

Bridal parties headed for a venue on Chappy. You don’t want the bride to be late for her own wedding.

People who waited until the last minute to head for the big ferry because it’s so sad when vacation is over and they wanted to relish every moment right up to the end.

Those who regularly kill time going to town for a coffee and a paper shouldn’t mind if someone who has to go to work goes ahead of them.

Renters who were told that they get to cut the line if they show the ferry captain their lease.

Furniture delivery trucks who charge from the time they left the store when the whole idea was to get stuff at a discount.

A driver who is almost out of gas but can’t shut their car off because the battery is dead.

People who go across more frequently than the anyone else.

Parents who have crying babies in the car. Of all the categories, that’s the one that I think should definitely go to the head of the line.

Every day can feel like April Fool’s Day when you operate the Chappy Ferry.