Hi David - No - it's not intentional. I haven't had time to take off the armrest base and c-clamp to realign the handle so it's parallel to everything else ou:
Sorry Marco, didn't mean to point it out or anything... I remember having to play with mine a bit to get it right, since it will pivot down just a bit from the angle that you insert the handle, at least mine does. It's a bit loose on the mounting. uzzled: