Hey, do you have a pen I could borrow?

[Nihontochicken]

QUOTE

During a performance review, I gave an employee my new Pelikan M215 so they could sign and date.

 

Having been a supervisor for many years, replete with numerous performance reviews, I might suggest that there be nothing sharp and pointed within reach at such times. If the employee lacks a writing utensil for signed acknowledgment of said review, then you might provide a crayon or grease pencil for the requisite signature.

[Whome]

Brilliant!

 

HR shouldn't have issue with crayon.

 

 

[PenFan95]

What do you say when someone says 'hey, that's a cool calligraphy pen!'?

 

I bang my head on the wall :bonk:

[clickiechick]

I had this happen tonight. I was at a dinner with some neighbor friends, and during the after dinner program, the one sitting across from me started pulling my Sailor right out my grip while asking, "Can I borrow your pen?" I shot her an "I'll lend you an egg but don't touch my pen" look and said, "Nuh-uh!" Her eyes popped and she laughed and nudged the lady next to her and pointed at me as if to say, "Can you believe how rude that was?" Not about to take that kind of abuse, I unscrewed the cap and said "It's a fountain pen. Can you write with a fountain pen?" Instant comprehension settled upon her face. "Oh no, I can't use one of those!" said she. "I'll show you one day!" said I.

 

Crisis averted.

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Edited April 13, 2011 by clickiechick

[lucky13th]

The ones that usually borrow, well rather play with my pens are girls. I don't mind lending it to them since all of them treat it like it's the most delicate thing ever. For guys, I just tell them not too hard if it's the first time they used it and a friendly warning that I'll beat the (bleep) out of them if they break it. But usually I'm not too concerned, my friends know how much the pen costs so they are either too scared to use it or treat it better than I do. For some reason no stranger ever asks to borrow my pen, so that's a good thing but if they did I'll just tell them it's my only pen and I need it for notes. Bring your own pen dude(tte).

[Kaptenmork]

My Cross and Waterman's stay at home, I nowdays bring my heros and fleamarket pens to my work (ship), if someone want to borrow I can happily give them the pen, but my precious pens, that I bought with hard earned money, no, they are for me, only

[Dindi]

If your the leader of a nation, you don't ask -- you just grab it! (watch this vid for a chuckle)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110412/ts_yblog_thelookout/is-the-president-of-the-czech-republic-a-pen-stealer

[PenFan95]

I had this happen tonight. I was at a dinner with some neighbor friends, and during the after dinner program, the one sitting across from me started pulling my Sailor right out my grip while asking, "Can I borrow your pen?" I shot her an "I'll lend you an egg but don't touch my pen" look and said, "Nuh-uh!" Her eyes popped and she laughed and nudged the lady next to her and pointed at me as if to say, "Can you believe how rude that was?" Not about to take that kind of abuse, I unscrewed the cap and said "It's a fountain pen. Can you write with a fountain pen?" Instant comprehension settled upon her face. "Oh no, I can't use one of those!" said she. "I'll show you one day!" said I.

 

Crisis averted.

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Well, some of us were not that lucky...

[PenFan95]

If your the leader of a nation, you don't ask -- you just grab it! (watch this vid for a chuckle)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110412/ts_yblog_thelookout/is-the-president-of-the-czech-republic-a-pen-stealer

 

:roflmho: atleast Sarkozy asked when he took the MB 149...

[stuartk]

Maybe we could all carry one of these?

 

http://www.amazon.com/Exploding-Pen-Uses-Bang-Caps/dp/B0017IAQRQ

[Guest Subvet642]

I hand them a ballpoint from the cup.

[tonybelding]

When someone asks to borrow a pen, I find, they are usually in urgent need of it. They simply don't have the time or inclination to discuss the virtues of a fountain pen at that particular moment.

 

That's insightful. I have little qualm about showing a pen to friends or acquaintances and letting them try scribbling something (invariably their name) to see how it writes. It's a completely different situation when J. Random Passerby urgently wants to write something down and is grabbing for anything that might possibly leave a mark.

 

 

For this purpose I always carry a ballpen, and I am on occasion in need of one myself -- for certain documents and receipts, etc. I pride myself on having on hand a <i>nice</i> ballpen to lend.

 

I carry a Fisher 2010 Space Pen for just those situations.

 

 

The author concluded that, yes, one could take these preventative measures <i>or</i> one could simply place the guitar on the floor and drop one's keys on the top, therefore insuring that one would never worry about minor dings and dents in the future.

 

It's the same with guns. That fine custom-made rifle isn't real until it has its first ding in the stock.

[clmurphy]

Well, as you shoulda known, I ALWAYS carry a BP pen in addition to one or two FPs. So there is no prob. As a FP Philistine, I must say that, given the run of usual FP friendly inks, there is the relative more permanence of an oil based BP ink. Sorry, I love how FPs write, but the residual is only a rain drip away from extinction. When I want it to perhaps appear in court a few decades from now, well, I use a ballpoint. Okay, in my best Jerry Falwell voice, "Forgive me, Lord, for I have sinned." <!--emo&--><img src='https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

 

For that reason I keep a pen inked with Noodler's Legal Lapis or Bulletproof black. More permanent than a ballpen or a rollerball.

 

I either have a Noodler's Nib Creeper (rollerball) or a Preppy FP (less than $4) in my pocket. If someone asks for a pen, that is the one they are getting.

 

Tip, always carry pens with caps and keep the cap. I have never lost a pen that way. Before I got into FP, I owned a very nice Lamy RB that clicked open. It walked off. That tends not to happen if you don't have a way of closing it )