What's the consensus on dependents using rank based reserved parking at exchanges/commissaries?

Walk, spouses.

Totally agree. I just mentioned this to my husband the other day. I've seen many officers spouse's parking in those spots. It's crap.

I hate dealing with other dependents that wear their spouses rank. It is really upsetting to see, it gives us good spouses/dependents a bad name.

It happens out in civilian works too. But the parking space thing is ridiculous.

I completely agree with the assessment here. Not for dependents but for the military member.

I don’t park in the spots (I’m a wife now, but was in the military) However, my husband who’s upper enlisted & the General parks in those spots. He had a good point, when is the General going to come to the commissary...his aids or wife do that for him. Rank doesn’t carry to spouses but let’s be honest, who does all the grocery shopping while the member is working or deployed? The wife! Or the significant other. Those spots are ALWAYS empty.

This is so true in my household we were considered dual military both senior NCOs and when I would correct a spouse she would look at me like why are you speaking to me don’t you know who my husband is he is a COL I would tell her that is correct your husband is the one who wears the rank not you he is the one who leaves Home and deploys with me not you so please remove your vehicle for a COL and not you the spouse

Totally agree.

I even hate seeing the "key spouse" spot at the BX and Comm at JBMDL.

No!!! I am both a spouse and a veteran. My husband earned his rank, I did NOT earn it for him! I do not deserve to park in spots reserved for him. He earned that privilege for his hard work and knowledge, not I.

IMO we should not have them. There should only be spaces designated for handicapped and pregnancy and that is it. All others take their chances and use their LPC's as issued. Can't count the number of times that I would be on lunch and need to swing by the Commissary to grab something and all the spots were filled. One time I saw a woman return from shopping, had a full load of groceries and she went to an non-com spot and started having the bagger unload. There was no way she was enlisted, let alone military given her physical state. When I politely said something to her she got nasty and threw the "I can park where ever I damn well please, my husband is the Command Sergeant Major of the post. " Had similar experiences with some officers wives as well but would rather not throw shade.