You were very considerate to put the drone away. That said, if you were flying lawfully another tactic might have been to apoligize for the noise and to say it won't be for too much longer (unless you have a whole bunch of charged up batteries), but that you come here to enjoy flying, and to thank your neighborfor his consideration. My idea would be to minimize conflict and maximize understanding and cooperation. Sometimes both sides need to bend a little bit, not one or the other. HTH going forward.