I'm happily ignorant in stage 4. But this business can be capricious at times, ex. your regulars retiring or on hiatus. etc.. that's when I briefly end up in stage 2 until I re-equilibrate.
I call bullshit on getting the password wrong, twice. That and arriving late from ‘dinner’ at the start of your time. I agree that their names should be posted. Not cool to have the pimp threaten you.
I started shaving completely down there about 5 years ago and notice the same thing, more BLS and rimming. I shave about 2 days before so that the irritation settles down, but it does take about 30 minutes to do the job properly.