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

Same as guards at gates saluting the sticker on the windshield, must be in uniform or show ID to get salute.

Nope, sponsors rank doesn’t convey to the dependents.

I myself came up with the perfect solution for this growing problem. This is the smart phone era. I just snap a pic of the sign, the vehicle and the occupants of the vehicle. Then I post it on the Post or Base Facebook page with a caption.... "STOLEN VALOR! Whose dependents are these that claim to be... a Colonel, General or Chaplain?" It has been working for me for quite a few years now. I've never caught a dependent more than twice. Some folks don't get it the first time.

I think that designated parking should be for uniformed personnel when it comes to the BX/PX and the commissary because they are on limited lunch times. I think my dad would have lost his mind if my mom “wore his rank” and tried parking any where other than the general parking lot.

No different than a family member using another’s handicap placard for better parking. It’s wrong!

This was one of the things i hated during my time as an Army medic. I was at Tripler AMC and one day a spouse arrived 30 minuets late for her appointment. When i informend her that she would need to be rescheduled beacuse we could not make other patients wait for her. She responded with "Do you know who my husband is".
I informed her that, i did not know, but that her husbands rank would help her in her demands to be seen on the spot. The clinic OIC supported me and gave her the same explanation. She was not happy.
I am a DOD Cvillian now days, and it does bother me when i hear that, or wheni see spouses trying to use the rank of their spouses for thei benefit.

It's an interesting question. I would ask does the Presidents wife wear her husbands rank. No she does not , but she certainly has privileges. Not a parking spot probably a motorcade to the store.

Your rank doesn't extend to our spouse period. If you are in the car then the spouse can park in appropriate parking for your rank, otherwise they can't.

It’s for the Soldier not the fo

There should be none no rank deserves parking privileges no spacers should be reserved except handicap. They push exercise let them do the same for everyone. Reserved spaces just makes them think they are better than anyone else and that's one of the biggest problems today it's called the peter principle. 99% of the rank worn today is a token and never earned And abused like hell. Now put that in your pipe and smoke it.