When I sort by ticket status, it sorts alphabetically. It's nice that "ATTENTION" and others jump to the top, but then I have to scroll way past all those "resolved" to find the status "waiting on Customer" or "waiting payment."

How about this instead: When you click to sort by ticket status, don't just alphabetize the status! Put resolved last, even perhaps by the date it was resolved, as a bonus. But in any case, put ALL types of UNresolved tickets at the top of the list--THAT is what I want to see at a glance!