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Keep getting called on my personal phone

Being the IT/DBA/Networks/Programmer of our company, I'm used to have the office phone ringing every 5 min if not more. I can manage it, although a bit frustrating when I'm trying to program or go through my predecessor's code since I need time to focus and go line by line debugging it. But other than that I'm pretty used to it.

A couple of weeks ago, I started getting calls to my personal phone. The first time I was at lunch, just to ask me if they could use their machine (It was updating) clearly something that could wait the 30 min I had left for lunch. Then, I started receiving more calls to my personal phone, before clocking in, during lunch and even during my days off to visit home(that one really annoyed me, I was already 600 miles away visiting my family and a user was calling me so I could check up his computer) this was the drop that made me lose my patience.

The one transferring all the calls is the receptionist, I once had to call in due to a sickness and well she kept my phone. I've asked her several times since the first incident that I don't want her to transfer calls to my personal phone unless it's an emergency. Her response was a bit neutral but agreeing to my request, and I thought that was the end of it, yet she keeps transferring the calls nonetheless.

Due to this, I wanted to ask if I have the right to ask for a company phone specific for the purpose to receive calls transferred from the receptionist.

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