[header] How to get people to stop asking to use your stuff in school [title] Politely decline. [step] Just say " no. " if the person asks why, you might say, " it's not important-i just don't lend stuff out. 
" if that doesn't work, resort to other methods. If the person asking for a pen is your friend, smile and joke " what do you guys think i am, some walking-talking drugstore? ".