After a break I was looking to play again. There was no action at the bj tables aside from the CSM's, and I walked by one table where there were over 4 decks in the discard tray. At that point I felt my best option was to play heads up on a fresh shoe and wong out if necessary as there were no players at shoe games and therefore no tables to backcount. I said to the dealer "you're pretty close to finishing that shoe, huh?" She said yes, just a couple hands away. I said "I'll play if you shuffle" figuring that they'd rather have people playing than not. It had been at least 10 minutes since any of the shoe dealers had dealt a hand. She seemed hesitant and then checked with a supervisor (not the PB - person in question was wearing a football jersey as opposed to the gentleman with the suit) who then gave her the OK to shuffle.
Was it unwise for me to do this? I feel like recreational players are superstitious about fresh shoes and I know you can request a shuffle, so it didn't seem like my request was out of the ordinary or would end up involving staff above the dealer. No one watched me closely or anything, I feel like the heat is pretty minimal at this location - I saw other people jumping bets pretty heavily, switching between 1 and 2 spots - but even so I didn't want or expect to attract any attention from the pit.
What would you have done in my situation or how have you approached it in the past? Continue taking a break and wait for other people to finish out the mostly dealt out shoes even if it would've been awhile?
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