old habits are hard to break

Our new dishwasher has three shelves, the top one used for cutlery and utensils. It's very convenient for washing knives and other long kitchen gadgets. This is the first time I've had this feature in a dishwasher and it took some getting used to. Early on with this new feature and after doing a lot of cooking, I took that little knife rack out and filled the top shelf with lots of dirty utensils, the bottom parts filled with all the dirty glasses and dishes, and ran the dishwasher cycle. Later on Todd emptied the dishwasher (I was so appreciative that he did that! 😁) but he forgot about the top shelf. It was new to his routine, too. A few days later, I searched high and low for a knife and a pair of kitchen scissors and was at a total loss as to where they could be, never thinking about the new top rack. Luckily there were other knives to use so no big deal. A few days later it was time to run a load of dirty dishes and when I pulled out the top shelf to put the knife rack back in, all those knives and spatulas and carrot peelers greeted me with their clean sparkle.