Miss Manners: I told a white lie to stop a kid from eating bagels in my backseat
A parent says a regular carpool rider is polite except for eating bagels in the backseat and asks whether a white lie to stop the behavior was wrong.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every morning, I pick up my son’s neighborhood friend and drive them both to school on my way to work. My son’s friend is an exemplary young man — polite and respectful in all ways except one.