Is it bad etiquette to ask if a game is going to break?

Hi all,

I was playing plo tonight and it was getting late and a few games were getting short-handed and normally one or more
games break and consolidate so the remaining games are full ring. Our table was contemplating breaking but another table was even shorter-handed than ours. I walked over to that table and asked the players there if they were considering breaking and if so we had a few seats open. The dealer there chastised me for suggesting the game break and said it was bad etiquette. This was news to me. Is the dealer right? If so, why?

Thanks,
DT