Etiquette tips for dealing with a shared home office phone line?

Etiquette tips for dealing with a shared home office phone line?
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I can’t see any easy answer to this. The best thing to do is get either another phone strictly for business. Barring that, I think you can simply say please leave a brief message under your signature in e-mail.
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