Racism still exists in Tuscola. I feel sorry for the people here. My family and I stopped here on our way to a funeral on 4/12/18 at approximately 9:45am. We got gas and went inside to use the restroom and grab ice for the cooler. Upon coming out of the bathroom, we went to the counter to purchase ice. There were two workers at the “gas station” counter-female (Kim) and male. The male left as we approached. There was a female at the “food service counter” which is right next to the "gas station counter". Neither of the employees acknowledged us with a “hello”, “be with you in a moment”, “come to this side of the counter for service”-nothing. I spoke to Kim and asked if this counter was where we needed to be to purchase ice. She reluctantly stated yes and picked up the phone-that was not ringing, and dialed a number. We continued to wait. The male never came back into view. I noticed where Kim was standing, there was a sign asking the customer to go to the next register, so we moved over two feet to the next register. Kim still was holding the phone, not speaking, and did not further speak to us. Another customer came into the store and grabbed coffee and possibly a piece of fruit. He at first waited behind us. At this point, we’ve been waiting over five minutes with no word from any of the remaining two female employees. Suddenly the male customer waiting behind us, walks over to the “food service” counter, sets his items down and asks for cigarettes. The “food service” female employee walks over to the “gas station” side, grabs the cigarettes and comes back to the “food service” side and begins to ring him up. At this point, we state, we’ve been here waiting before this man-how is he serviced before us? The “food service” employee said she doesn’t work the “gas station” side. All the while, the other female employee Kim is saying nothing. We stated how are you able to grab cigarettes from the gas station side and ring him up before us. We’ve been waiting before this customer. To this, there was no logical answer. The customer then states we could have come to the food service side. We stated no one had acknowledged us or offered to tell us that-as a new customer how would we know that was the case or an option to be able to purchase ice from the "food service" side. Please note the employees and this customer that was serviced were white. My family is brown. We left immediately and purchased ice from another gas station. I wish I would have learned how they felt about us before I purchased my gas. I will never go here again and will tell all my friends and family.