why does cin.get() not ask for my input?

Answer 1

Because it doesn't work like that...
As for cout, you need the double 'lower-than' sign operator to Console OUTput, for cin you need the double 'greater-than' sign operator to get a Console INput:

cin >> my_var;

[ EDIT ]
Correction: triple to double, and >>> to >>

Answer 2

use cin.getline() instead of cin.get()

Answer 3

Thanks for the answers, i was reading a book and it used cin.get() for getting input, i may have been wrong or something. thanks :)