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

I cannot stand a spouse using the service members grade.I was once a CW4 wife. I never thought once to use his grade. Some spouse's can be so petty! I worked in HR and saw it all the time.

Rank is earned not passed down, or over to children or a spouse.

My husband and I were just talking about this yesterday.

Hopefully, there is someone to set these pretentious women back down to their level. I absolutely hate self-important people, especially those who martyr themselves with their husband's rank. My husband just retired after 29 years and it has gotten better than in our early years of marriage, however, there are still the select few who refuse to be independent and stand for themselves. They are the ones who give military wives a bad name. I was Charlie H's wife, and I never introduced myself by his rank because it was important for me to have my own identity. I pity the spouse who has to use her husband's hard work to identify her own self-worth. The spouses who park in those spots should be cited, as they are not the ones who earned it.

Rank is not for the spouse! If the spouse happens to be with the member when Space is used, okay, whatever, but if not then that’s not acceptable.

I’m sorry but seriously we have nothing more important to worry about than who parks in a parking space at the PX or Commissary. That is ridiculous. How about talking about the judges disparity in pay between enlisted and officers. Or about Trieste and how hard it is to find docs willing to take the insurance once retired and no longer receiving care at the installation.

A respectful military spouse would never do that. That's an honor not earned by the spouse. And before I get jumped on as "just a civilian" I was a mil spouse for 12 years. Never would I have dreamed of taking advantage of my husband"s rank!

As a spouse of 15 years, I completely agree. We haven’t earned the privileges that go along with our husbands promotions. Those are their perks to enjoy

I have a simple solution for this issue. Take a picture or video of the offending dependents parking in military spots. Then post the photo on the post Facebook page with the subject header “ Do you know whose dependent this is?” We were forced to do that on my last base after a spouse kept throwing bags of dog poop in our neighbors trees where the children play. The issue was resolved within a day.

We (dependents) DID NOT sign the contract, we DO NOT do the training, and we DO NOT go on the deployments! We (dependents) have NO rights to our spouses ranks. We DO NOT ware the stripes, we have NO ranks, and we have NO claim to any perks the AD has because of said rank. We do not serve IN the military, we serve someone that IS IN the military. I worked as a key spouse and was blessed to get to work alongside the shirts. I got to make a lot of friends, but I didn’t step out of line. I knew and know my place. My spouse is doing something I have ALWAYS wanted to do, but am not healthy enough to serve. My dad was military and taught me respect. Part of that respect was to know, as a spouse; be seen and not heard, respect EVERYONE, never put your husband down at all let alone around his troops, and remember you have no rank. I do matter, I am an important member of my family and I do manage the house and “hold down the fourt” but I don’t own his career.