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

The spouse of the service member does not have the right to use the rank, or status (i.e. soldier/NCO of the month, purple heart recipient, "any second lieutenant", etc.) of the service member.
If you're handicapped, your spouse doesn't get that right to park in that spot unless accompanying the person.

While your spouse may have assisted you during your career in attaining your rank, they did not do the service and meet the requirements you did. Likewise, if you are a college graduate and your spouse helped you by working to support the family while you were in school, the school doesn't give them a degree to share.

The only person my wife outranks is her 28 yr old son who was a SPC in the Army with two tours in A'stan.

Rank is exclusively the sponsor's and should not be considered a perk of the spouse, I am tired of these arrogant spouses assuming that they are a special class and entitled, there's way too much deference given to spouses that are no different than anyone else.

If the car has a rank ID on the license plate, fine. If it's really intended only for the actual person holding the rank, then it's wrong. Spouses do NOT wear their husband's rank.

I am now a spouse of a milk member and I don’t feel the need to ever use their parking space. I am also retired and I don’t even use mine, so why use theirs? Hell, just walk a few extra spaces! It’ll do you good!!!!

After reading through many erudite and entertaining responses, I wish we could post stickers with our comments. I am a mustang/retread who retired almost 25 years ago, and the more things change, there are still things that stay the same, especially this question. During NCO Academy, OTS, tech school, Squadron Officer School, and other events, the consensus was a resounding NO.

Take away all rank based parking. If you are so critical at your duty post sir, you probably should have an enlisted person shop for you...or were you just picking up something your wife asked you to get and responding to HER orders?

The spouse does not get to use the spot. That being said, I am retired with 36 years, AD/Res, I have a handicap placard. I park in handicap areas, most of the time they are already filled, if I see a spot that is designated for an E9, I use it. I do my business and get out. Today though with the decals not on cars you can't tell who is parked in one of the spots. It could even be a civilian. Even then if someone starts yelling about where you parked because you have your mufti on, the yeller doesn't know anything either. Right now I use the spots at Nellis AFB. And for the usage, we probably don't go even every other month.

I believe it is an abuse. I remember back in the day, my wife was at the PX and a women pushed her way to the head of the line telling the woment in line she was the wife of Colonel Smith. My wife ashed me if this was legal. I told her tell someone trying to use their husband's rank as a priveledge to get to the back of the line. May a scene, what can thjey do?

Disregard my last comment, that was meant for my post

UPDATE YALL: We are going to drive to Texas to get his birth certificate this weekend. It's gone. Poof. No where to be found. Spent the last three effing days looking for and I'm just going to blame it on the dogs and call it good....