JM doesnt work!?

ForumNerds wrote:
After clearing my town this morning, everyone (everyone!) was "waiting for something to do" ...
After clearing my town this morning, my task book was -- literally -- empty. Like, the number "0" (Get Guiness)
After clearing my town this morning, the whatchamacallit buildings in SH (Stor, Pharmaceutical, etc.) all had available tasks.

I wanted to send my characters on 4-hour jobs,

My Job Manager offered me 76 spots for 4-hour jobs. I assigned those. (The results showed that whether or not a character had a SH job didn't matter -- see below)
My Job Manager then offered me 42 spots for 1-hour jobs. I assigned those. (Same result regarding SH jobs)
My Job Manager THEN offered me "no jobs available" for 8-hours, 12-hours and 24-hours jobs

I assigned the remaining, available Springfield Heights workers -- Grampa, Snake, Bumblebee Man, Brockman, Dr. Hibbert

The remaining 25 characters still Unassigned by Job Manager were:
Fat Tony
Rod
Todd
Shauna
Dolph
Barney
Kirk
Lampwick
Kang
Gino Terwilliger
Laura Powers
Duffman
Dr. Nick
Jessica Lovejoy
Uter
Luigi
Ned
Miss Krabappel
Database
Matt Groening
Miss Hoover
Janey
Jimbo
Michael D'Amico
Greta Wolfcastle

So:

It DEFINITELY does not matter whether a character has a task of that length.

It does not matter what level the character was released:
Michael D'Amico and Homer were assigned. Grampa, Ned were not.

It does not matter whether or not a character is premium:
Shauna, Miss Springfield was assigned. Dr. Nick and was not.

It does not matter whether a character is freemium:
Helen Lovejoy was assigned ... Fat Tony was not.

It does not matter whether or not a character has tasks available in SH:
Reverend Lovejoy was assigned by Job Manager; Luigi was not.

This is unrelated to whether or not tasks in the recycle centers are still available.
Jesse and Hippie were assigned; Uter was not.

NOTE: All of my limited-time characters were assigned. I don't know if it's coincidence this time.


So what the heck order are these 'send all' tasks assigned?