Photocopiers are evil

I hate photocopiers, that's official. I just wanted to copy 2 pages, no double-sided or zoom or anything, just plain old photocopies. But apparently this is not good.
First, the idiot machine thinks that my originals are A3 sized, and keeps asking me to insert the correct paper in the appropriate tray to start with. So, I select A4 size instead and hit 'start'. *sigh* not working. I get 3 empty pages instead! What the hell is that supposed to mean? And why does the thing have a feeder tray if you cannot feed papers through it? Only by placing each page individually on the glass and selecting the appropriate size manually for each such page do I get the photocopies I need.
Not fun. I will go on strike. I will refuse to work until I get a photocopier that is willing to at least compromise!!!