Ok, I will just have to ignore the voice of my mom in my head reminding me to rinse the dishes!
And feedback on the water in the filter? Thanks

ALL dishwashers (and washing machines) leave some residual water in the pump/filter/bottom-of-the-tub area. It's not possible to pump out 100%. Whether and how much of it the consumer sees it depends on the design of the machine involved.

My Bosch dishwasher (about 1 year old) has a small amount of water in the bottom of the filter which I can only see by removing the filter unit and sticking my head into the dishwasher.

No, I do not often stick my head into my dishwasher, but I found out that not rinsing the dishes before loading for several months can lead to a blockage and error message in the middle of the cycle (e24, in my case) and I had to bail out the water with a sponge, clean out the filter and check the pump for blockage. I still don't rinse the dishes but I remove the filter unit once or twice a week to rinse it off and this seems to keep the machine happy. Enjoy your dishwasher, I LOVE mine and don't consider cleaning out the filter a big deal.

I still don't rinse the dishes but I remove the filter unit once or twice a week to rinse it off and this seems to keep the machine happy

Its weird that you have to do that. I've had a Bosch dishwasher in use for 8 months now. We scrape but don't rinse (much). I took the filter out for the first time the other day and there was nothing in it!

Thanks for the feedback. LAVAdesign my DH came up to me last night and asked why my head was in the dishwasher! Just like to know that everything is running as it should be!

Water in the filter area of European dishwashers is normal.

That area is called the sump, and it's intended to have water in it so you don't get air lock when the pump spools up.

Think about it like your car's oil pan. That's where the stuff goes til it's ready to be pumped.