I thought the OP was female.

Not everyone has English as their first language, and it's a pretty difficult one to learn. ,🤷🏼‍♀️

For the umpteenth time, this guy is Canadian - or so he claims. Unless he's from Quebec, which he didn't specify, English is indeed his first language.

He contributed his story in English. For a professional writer. I am pretty sure grammar matters...lol. I feel ya.

I guess you don't realize that being Canadian doesn't necessarily make your first language English or French for that matter.

Actually he claims to be a third generation Italian immigrant, so English still might not be his first language. It may be Italian. Parents tend to talk to their children in whatever language they feel most comfortable in which could have been Italian. Meaning that it is likely the OP learned Italian first which would absolutely affect one's ability to pick up on strange English rules like There vs. Their. Plus, seeing as how I know many native English speakers who still mix those words up... I don't think it's as damning as you are claiming it is. Again, I don't totally buy this story, but I don't think being a grammar nazi about it gets "proof" or even suggests it's fake. There are other things to point out that are more damning than bad English grammar from a third generation Italian immigrant in Canada (who very well could be located in Quebec like you suggested).

I'm a first generation Italian American. I grew up speaking Italian at school and as a little child learned Spanish from playing with Puerto Rican kids. I grew up in an Italian/Puerto Rican neighborhood. I didn't speak a word of English when I started school and right up until 8th grade, I was in a "slower" reading group. In High school I was average. What I'm getting at is that me being trilingual enhanced my English reading and writing skills, not hurt it! I'm not unique in this as my cousins and neighbors kids from the same background all can read, write and speak English perfectly. I think this entire story is BS. That's just a well thought out opinion.

I understand. English is my third language but this person specifically said her grandparents started the restaurant so that tells me they've been here one generation so should know how to write English by now.

If what I see on the internet is any indication, I'd say "then" and "than" are the most commonly screwed up duo. Almost nobody under 40 gets it right. If you type "then" when you mean "than" once in a while, I'll figure it's probably a typo. If you do it consistently, I'll consider it ignorance. Especially if you also type "than" when you mean "then" - which I've seen many times. It's a mistake a reasonably bright third-grader wouldn't have made when I was a kid in school, but today it's ubiquitous.

-----edit: sorry, me and my big mouth, I misread your comment----- leaving the original because I hate when people delete stuff without any context, original comment in brackets (Says who that English isn't his first language? It absolutely is. If it weren't he wouldn't have made those exact grammar mistakes. This was written by a teen with a big ego)

You must not know many third generation immigrants. Most don't even speak their grandparents languages and only English. I speak Italian and didn't speak a word of English when I started school and I'm FIRST generation and can string together a coherent sentence and know the difference between there, their and they're! I speak Italian AND Spanish every single day and write them too. Somehow as a first generation trilingual Italian American my ability to write in English wasn't hampered by me speaking two other languages. I'm not unique. That's why this entire story sounds like BS. It's very unbelievable that a 3rd generation Italian living in a English speaking country, having been schooled in English, wouldn't be able to correctly spell at a third grade level...even if they lived in a freaking bubble just surrounded by Italians.

Yea, that's not true. You can video and audio record on your own property without consent. All you have to do is post a sign saying there are camera/audio. Grocery stores, restraunts, convenient stores all have video....