Try this
- Confirm the item, borrower, expected return and any agreed use restrictions.
- Ask before lending it onward or keeping it longer. If return timing changes, update the owner directly rather than relying on them to notice.
A worked example
“I’ll return the bag on Sunday. Let me know if you need it sooner.”
An invented example to adapt, not a real exchange or a script you have to follow.
Before you leave it here
Ask before extending the loan instead of treating silence as agreement.