You can run, you can hide, but you can't escape a summon for jury duty. I opened my mailbox last week to this undesirable document and immediately started thinking of how to dodge my calling. A co-worker who was recently dismissed from summons counseled me on how to postpone my jury service for a few months. In order to do so the government website asks you to enter a cryptic code depicted on screen; the page also offers the option to listen to the characters in the image. I don't know if it's because I work in software development, or because I'm not moronic, but can someone explain why they would place a 'listening' button on a web page which requires the ability to see? A person who needs the letters read aloud is most likely sight impaired which means they can't actually use the website as intended. To top it off, when I ventured to click on the button...silence. No sound came out! I cannot be expected to serve as a contributing jury member if government web designers cannot anticipate the ridiculousness of a meaningless button.

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