Password reset is infuriating

Question

I'm an Internet software product manager.
I've designed logins, password reset flows, etc.
Apple has chosen a combination of "features" in their AppleID reset process that makes me absolutely crazy.
If I could walk away from iTunes alltogether over this one infuriating detail, I would. But, it all ties back to the hardware - you can't have an aluminum unibody, never-breaks, never-crashes system without succumbing to iTunes, even as a "corporate" user (ie, update Numbers so you can do your accounting, and face ads for this week's 14 yr-old girls' most popular games... but I digress).
Consider these features:
If you fail to sign in twice (by getting the password wrong), you are forced to reset the password
Resetting the password requires you to never use a password you have used before
As well:
If your employer bought software for you on your system (the computer they supply you with), they might have used a compay AppleID for that - and maybe they give you the password, so you can get updates.
If your employer has you set up an AppleID for yourself (using your company email), for things like your iCloud features, you have two accounts to juggle.
If you have your own software (e.g., Things or OmniFocus) and want to use it at work, you use your personal account - you now have 3 accounts to juggle.
If you've ever had or started a different AppleID for any reason, you cannot merge them, transfer ownership, etc. (Discussions.Apple has cases like this) - you now have 4 accounts to juggle.
If you have children (let's say ONE, just to pretend) with their own Apple device (iPad), you've set up their own account for their own stuff... 5 accounts to juggle.
If you or anyone fails to get the password correct, it gets reset, and it is always different than anything before.
If you try to reset by recieving an email, there's a 50% chance, in my experience, you never get that email within the first 30 minutes. ("Production grade?")
Try - try - to manage security questions for these accounts. Share with your boss; your boss shares with you; and what do you share with your kids?
How, with these feature choices, can you not end up with a white board at work & at home, for people two write passwords on in plane sight, just to be able to do their jobs or rent a movie?
And for me, simply with my own account, I don't have anywhere to write my AppleID password that I can get to reliably (work, home, on the road) other than my phone, or Evernote, synching to the cloud perpetually.
So, I've devised a way to write a coded version of my current password in plane sight, and others will (hopefully) not understand what I'm doing.
I've written my (current) AppleID on the unibody case of my computer.
Anyone have a suggestion?

Answer 1

Thanks -K- for the response. I'll try that but it shouldn't be the cause of my issue. You see, a few weeks ago, I had SQLDeveloper installed on all our team's 32-bit Windows XP SP3 workstations. The reported issue was occurring then as well. Since then, the 64-bit Windows 7 workstations arrived and the saga continues:-)
Any other thoughts on my issue is appreciated.