I actually will agree that it took some getting used to, to remember to pull forward (toward me) to "resume" and push back (away from me) to "cancel", but mostly I think what got me at first was where the cruise stalk sits is almost EXACTLY where the turn signal sat on my Civic. So I had a couple times where I went to "flash" my lights at someone (to say hello!) and instead pulled forward on the stalk which engaged cruise and I had to quickly tap the break. But outside of that oddity and getting used to the new positioning, it hasn't been too crazy. And go faster is still up, and go slower is still down, so those make sense and I had no issues there.
I will also agree that I detest the position of the turn signal/wiper stalk because it is almost impossible to see the correct read on the wiper positioning. Something else that I will admit isn't registering intuitively (at least to me) I keep twisting the opposite direction of the correct way to turn off and on the wipers... which I think is because it is opposite of what my civic had... so whichever one is incorrect, I don't know... but I still havent gotten used to that, which is probably because I use that so little... mostly because I put it to the "auto sense" position and just leave it there. Rarely does it not do what I would want it to do on its own.
But, this is why I say, they should do away with the stalks altogether, and find a better way... something that makes sense no matter what.