Clean dishes?

I know it’s there, seldom noticed, but getting bigger daily! Such is the collection of grime around the edge of my dishwasher door. This morning I couldn’t take any more. I sprayed the filth with liquid cleaner, wiggled the grungy gasket around and wiped away the residue.  Sounds simple enough? Not exactly. A damp cloth had to be rinsed several dozen times to rid its surface of the sticky brown grease. It made me a little sick to think the shiny sparkling dishes removed from this appliance had to pass from behind this goo. 

My hands ache, my knees are bruised and my back and neck may be in permanent strain. The white shiny edge of my dishwasher door interior is cleaned. Appliance literature promises a “sealed door” to prevent leakage. Now how did all that residue manage to deposit into the space under and around the seal. Note to self: wipe the edge of the door before unloading clean dishes. There. That should solve the problem. We’ll see. (Actually it’s the things we don’t see that haunt my early morning hours until I’m wide awake)