Flighting Slide Release

For Christmas, I got my waifu a S&W Shield. In the store, it felt much nicer for her than my Glock 19. Which makes sense, for her small SMALL hands.

I’m having issues with the slide release though. Is this normal? I have to pull the slide back and disengage the release to drop the slide. My Glock I can easily drop the release or even pull the slide back and little to disengage the release to send home the slide.

So is this normal? Do I need to work it in? This was a floor model, should I strip ‘er and lube ‘er up?