The better thing to do would be to workout upfront how many attendees require babysitting services and figure out a solution from there.

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Purcell told the attendees at a financial services conference sponsored by UBS (nyse: UBS - news - people ) that the morale issues were contained to equities and investment banking and that things are fine in asset management.

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Many festivals offer free or discounted admission for designated drivers, and car services like Uber will sometimes offer discounts to festival attendees.

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The vice president and the other attendees were joined by Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.

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