Out of sheer curiosity: How do you E70 owners hold the new electronic shifter?

On my test drive, I quickly learned how to use the shifter. Not unintuitive, but had a bit of difficultly grasping how they designed the shape (literally). So I have to push the left button with my thumb to put it into D, but the shape is so I can't rest the palm of my hand on the shifter (like I would a manual transmission). Ok, so I slide my palm around to the right side, holding the shifter like a cup of soda. But now I can't reach the button to put it onto D, since now my thumb rests comfortably on the P button. So in the end, I couldn't rest my hand on the shifter at all. What gives?

By the way when I drive normally, my hand instinctively rests on the shifter, right arm on the centre armrest. Left hand does the driving.