C++ What is wrong with this while loop?

I attempted to code a code a simple text adventure game from scratch as a programming exercise and got surprising results. Here is the complete code:

//Twisty Passages All Alike. //An adventure game designed as a practice exercise. #include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { cout << "\t\tTwisty Passages, All Alike!\n"; cout << "\tA text adventure by Jellypox Studios.\n"; //INVENTORY INDEX NUMBERS: //0. note //1. hammer //2. //ROOM NUMBERS: //0. living room //1. storeroom //Setting up the current room. int ALL_ITEMS = 10; string inventory[ALL_ITEMS]; int currentRoom = 0; string input = "DEFAULT"; //Room 0: living room. bool haveNote = false; bool haveHammer = false; //Room descriptions if (currentRoom == 0) { cout << "You are in the living room.\nThere are doors to the south and west and a staircase to the north.\nYou can see: a table, a cat, a fireplace.\n\n"; } else if (currentRoom == 1) { cout << "You are in the storeroom.\nThe room is a jumbled mass of cupboards, hanging sausages, left-out scraps of food and cockroaches.\nThe only thing of interest here is a large chest in the corner."; } //THE LIVING ROOM while (currentRoom == 0) { cin >> input; //THE TABLE if (input == "look table" || "look at table") { cout << "You see: some bones and scraps"; if (haveHammer = false) { cout << ", a hammer"; } if (haveNote == false) { cout << ", a note"; } cout << ".\n\n"; } else if (input == "look scraps" || "look at scraps" || "look bones" || "look at bones") { cout << "What a mess!\n\n"; } else if (input == "look note" || "look at note" || "read note") { if (haveNote == false) { cout << "Pick it up first!\n\n"; } else { cout << "It reads: \"Gone hunting. Will be back soon.\""; } } else if (input == "get note" || "take note" || "pick up note") { if (haveNote == false) { cout << "Got the note."; inventory[0] = "note"; haveNote = true; } else { cout << "You already have the note!\n\n"; } } else if (input == "look hammer" || "look at hammer") { cout << "It's just an ordinary hammer.\n\n"; } else if (input == "get hammer" || "take hammer" || "pick up hammer") { if (haveHammer == false) { cout << "Got the hammer.\n\n"; inventory[1] = "hammer"; haveHammer = true; } else { cout << "You already have the hammer!\n\n"; } } //ELSWHERE IN THE ROOM else if (input == "look cat" || "look at cat") { cout << "It stares up at you irritably.\n\n"; } else if (input == "look fireplace" || "look at fireplace") { cout << "A flickering fire warms the house.\n\n"; } else if (input == "south" || "go south") { //CODE TO MAKE THE DOOR UNLOCKABLE GOES HERE! cout << "The door is locked.\n\n"; } else if (input == "west" || "go west") { currentRoom = 1; } else if (input == "north" || "go north" || "upstairs" || "go upstairs") { currentRoom = 2; } else { cout << "Say what?"; } } return 0; } 

I tried using a while loop for the input/output system so that if you type "look at table," it gives you a description of the table, etc. but instead, it does this:

look at table You see: some bones and scraps, a note. You see: some bones and scraps, a note. You see: some bones and scraps, a note. get note You see: some bones and scraps, a note. You see: some bones and scraps, a note. get hammer You see: some bones and scraps, a note. You see: some bones and scraps, a note. go west You see: some bones and scraps, a note. You see: some bones and scraps, a note. 

What all did I get wrong?