cash game table broke

sat down for what looked like a solid 1/2 game, table's full, drinks flowing, then bam - within an hour, two shortstacks bust and everyone else just racks up and leaves. felt like i barely got my feet under the table and now i’m stuck doing the awkward “should i follow them or wander the pits” routine. always feels like just as i start reading the table, someone flips the switch and it’s done. anybody else feel like this happens more since everything’s about fast action now? maybe roulette is calling my name again...