IN: Not designer flipflops . Not well kept flipflops . Not even flipflops you should wear out in the open , but flipflops that looked like they had been passed down from generation to generation , as in when they were first invented ! ! ! So much more , but I will spare you all .
Why does the speaker decide to spare the listener the full details of the decrepit flip flops ?

OUT: They do n't want to go on and on about the relatively trivial issue and end up boring the reader

IN: ( YRWC ) Yellow Roadway Corp. a transportation company , is going to layoff " a couple hundred " employees . Ouch . It 's getting tougher all the time in the transportation sector .
What could be a possible reason that this company needs to lay off this number of employees ?

OUT: This sector is seeing less business and needs less manpower as an unfortunate result

IN: But we had gone to Strings ' - which is a really nice Italian restaurant nearby - for lunch , and , well , I had n't had breakfast . Strings ' likes to make these huge servings ... and I was so hungry , I ate the whole plate of linguini in alfredo sauce ! I should have eaten only about half and taken the rest home .
What may happen after they eat their plate of food ?

OUT:
They will feel overly full from the food .