cin.get () не работает

I wrote this simple program today, but I found that cin.get() refuses to work unless there are 2 of them. Any ideas?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(){
    int base;
    while ((base < 2) || (base > 36)){
          cout << "Base (2-36):" << endl; 
          cin >> base;
          }
    string base_str = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
    for (int i = 0; i < base; i++){
        for (int j = 0; j < base; j++){
            for (int k = 0; k < base; k++){    
                cout << base_str[i] << base_str[j] << base_str[k] << endl;
            }
        }
    }
    cin.get();
    cin.get();
}

if i move a cin.get() to before the nested loops, the loops run then pause. if i take one cin.get() out, the program just ends. im using the latest version of bloodshed c++ dev