Getting a phone call from a friend, someone else in the house would usually get to the phone first, and you’d pick up another phone on the same line in a diff room, or calling someone you’d usually get their parents first. My step dad had a rough demeanor and would scare my and my siblings friends barking “yeah” at them when he answered we thought was pretty funny because once you knew him he was usually pretty kind & generous and loved cracking dad jokes.